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. 2020 Aug 4;10:1144. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01144

Table 8.

Series of grade I meningiomas and respective percentages of PR expression.

Authors, year,
country
No. of cases of
grade I meningiomas
Percentage of PR
immunoreactivity ± SD
Relation between PR+ and
PR- and recurrence: (p-value)
Current paper 96 62.0 p = 0.845
Fewings et al., 2000, England (79) 60 48.0 46 with long FU
more recurrent tumors in PR- (p = 0.013)
Das et al., 2002, Thailand (76) 90 67.0
Konstantinidou et al., 2003, Greece (82) 38 75.5 More recurrent tumors in PR-
Wolfsberger et al., 2004, Austria/Germany (81) 51 22.9 ± 3.7
Roser et al., 2005, Germany (77) 385 <70 years: 56.1
≥70 years: 58.4
p > 0.05
Lusis et al., 2005, USA (58) 5 100.0
Korhonen et al., 2006, Finland (11) 407 primary tumors 88.8 p = 0.43
Omulecka et al., 2006, Poland (62) 46 Meningothelial 100.0
Transitional 95.2
Fibrous 42.2
Maiuri et al., 2007, Italy (63) 57 Recurrent 18.5
Primary 30.0
more recurrent tumors in PR- (p = 0.0001)
Taghipour et al., 2007, Iran (78) 51 68.6
Takei et al., 2008, USA (9) 46 92.1
Kandemir et al., 2010, Turkey (71) 53 50.9
Kärjä et al., 2010, Finland/Sweden (13) 59 Recurrent 47.6 ± 9.2
Primary 48.9 ± 6.8
p = 0.331
Shayanfar et al., 2010, Iran (80) 63 96.8
Abdelzaher et al., 2011, Egypt (51) 60 70.0 p > 0.05
Iplikcioglu et al., 2014, Turkey (14) 26 73.0 p = 0.69
Mukhopadhyay et al., 2017, India (73) 82 96.34

PR, progesterone receptor; PR+, positive immunoreactivity for PR; PR-, negative immunoreactivity for PR; SD, standard deviation.