Grace Lee1, Nayan Lamba2, Andrzej Niemierko2, Daniel W Kim2, Paul H Chapman3, Jay S Loeffler2, William T Curry3, Robert L Martuza3, Kevin S Oh2, Fred G Barker3, Helen A Shih4. 1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: hshih@mgh.harvard.edu.
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PURPOSE: The optimal timing of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) in the management of atypical meningiomas remains controversial. We compared the outcomes of atypical meningiomas managed with upfront adjuvant RT versus postoperative surveillance. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Patients with intracranial atypical meningiomas who underwent resection between 2000 and 2015 at a single institution were identified. Patients receiving adjuvant RT (n = 51), defined as RT within the first year of surgery before tumor progression/recurrence (P/R), were compared with those undergoing initial surveillance (n = 179). The primary endpoints were radiographic evidence of P/R and time to P/R from surgery. RESULTS: A total of 230 patients were identified. Fifty-one (22%) patients received upfront adjuvant RT, and 179 (78%) underwent surveillance. Compared with the surveillance group, patients who received adjuvant RT had larger tumors (5.2 cm vs 4.6 cm; P = .04), were more likely to have undergone subtotal resection (65% vs 26%; P < . 01), and more often had bone invasion (18% vs 7%; P = .02). On multivariable analysis, receipt of adjuvant RT was associated with a lower risk of P/R compared with surveillance (hazard ratio, 0.21; 95% confidence interval, 0.11-0.41; P < .01). Patients who initially underwent surveillance and then received salvage RT at time of P/R had a shorter median time to local progression after RT compared with patients who developed local P/R after upfront adjuvant RT (19 vs 64 months, respectively; P < . 01). CONCLUSION: Upfront adjuvant RT was associated with improved local control in atypical meningiomas irrespective of extent of initial resection compared with surveillance. Early adjuvant RT should be strongly considered after gross total resection of atypical meningiomas.
PURPOSE: The optimal timing of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) in the management of atypical meningiomas remains controversial. We compared the outcomes of atypical meningiomas managed with upfront adjuvant RT versus postoperative surveillance. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Patients with intracranial atypical meningiomas who underwent resection between 2000 and 2015 at a single institution were identified. Patients receiving adjuvant RT (n = 51), defined as RT within the first year of surgery before tumor progression/recurrence (P/R), were compared with those undergoing initial surveillance (n = 179). The primary endpoints were radiographic evidence of P/R and time to P/R from surgery. RESULTS: A total of 230 patients were identified. Fifty-one (22%) patients received upfront adjuvant RT, and 179 (78%) underwent surveillance. Compared with the surveillance group, patients who received adjuvant RT had larger tumors (5.2 cm vs 4.6 cm; P = .04), were more likely to have undergone subtotal resection (65% vs 26%; P < . 01), and more often had bone invasion (18% vs 7%; P = .02). On multivariable analysis, receipt of adjuvant RT was associated with a lower risk of P/R compared with surveillance (hazard ratio, 0.21; 95% confidence interval, 0.11-0.41; P < .01). Patients who initially underwent surveillance and then received salvage RT at time of P/R had a shorter median time to local progression after RT compared with patients who developed local P/R after upfront adjuvant RT (19 vs 64 months, respectively; P < . 01). CONCLUSION: Upfront adjuvant RT was associated with improved local control in atypical meningiomas irrespective of extent of initial resection compared with surveillance. Early adjuvant RT should be strongly considered after gross total resection of atypical meningiomas.
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