Meningiomas’ Management: An Update of the Literature

Abstract

Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors in the adult popula‐ tion [1]. They are generally considered benign lesions but after the 2007 WHO classifica‐ tion, the proportion of atypical meningiomas has steeply increased. Surgery is considered the mainstay of the treatment and a complete resection is considered curative in WHO grade I meningiomas. The role of adjuvant treatments like radiotherapy (stereotactic radiosurgery or conventional external beam irradiation) and chemotherapy in more aggressive cases is still discussed, above all in WHO grade II meningiomas. We would like to expose the most important advances in meningiomas’ management in accord‐ ance with the recent literature evidences. Keywords: meningioma, management, benign meningiomas, atypical meningioma, anaplastic meningioma, malignant meningioma, surgery, radiotherapy, chemothera‐ py 1.