Management Options and Surgical Principles: An Overview

Abstract

In general, management options for patients with meningiomas include observation, surgery, and radiation alone or as an adjuvant therapy following surgery. To date, no definitively effective chemotherapeutic agent has been identified or developed. As meningiomas are mostly benign and slowly progressive tumors, immediate intervention is usually not required. Final treatment plans must be individualized for each patient based on the age, overall condition of the patient, tumor location and size, neurologic symptoms and deficits caused by the tumor, and the patient's personal wish after a thorough discussion of all available options.