Meningioma

Meningiomas are the most common benign tumors of the brain . However they can also be malignant. They arise from the arachnoidal cap cells of the meninges and represent about 15% of all primary brain tumors. They are more common in females than in males and have a peak incidence in the sixth and seventh decades. Most cases are sporadic while some are familial. There has been some evidence that persons who have undergone radiation to the scalp are more at risk for developing meningiomas. The most frequent genetic mutations involved in meningiomas are inactivation mutations in the neurofibromatosis 2 gene on chromosome 22q. (From the Wikpedia article Meningioma.)

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Recent Publications on Meningioma:
Diagnosis and Treatment of the Primary Malignant Meningioma in Mediastinum: A Case Report. Primary ectopic meningioma is rare and usually limited to the head and...	30th October, 2009	From the Department of General and Pediatric Surgery, The Shengjing	South Med J. 2009 Oct 6. DOI Direct Link
Venoplasty and stenting of a jugular foramen meningioma. The authors describe a novel approach to relieving major venous sinus...	30th October, 2009	Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neuroradiology, The West Wing, The	Br J Neurosurg. 2009 Oct;23(5):557-60.
Automated Brain Tumor Biopsy Prediction Using Single-labeling cDNA Microarrays-based Gene Expression Profiling. AIMS: Gene signatures obtained from microarray experiments may be of use...	29th October, 2009	*Grup d'aplicacions Biomediques de la RMN (GABRMN), Departament de	Diagn Mol Pathol. 2009 Oct 26. DOI Direct Link
Clear cell meningioma with anaplastic features: Case report and review of literature. Clear cell meningioma (CCM) is an uncommon variant of meningioma,...	28th October, 2009	Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen	Pathol Res Pract. 2009 Oct 24. DOI Direct Link
Recurrence and regrowth of benign meningiomas. The World Health Organization (WHO) grading system for meningioma is...	27th October, 2009	Division of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, Kusatsu General Hospital, 1660	Brain Tumor Pathol. 2009;26(2):69-72. Epub 2009 Oct 27. DOI Direct Link
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BioNews Results for Meningioma:
Images From Headache: Atypical Cluster Headache Secondary to Giant Meningioma	Medscape:  Oct 30 2009 5:20AM Matching: meningioma
ABC Surgical Risk Scale for skull base meningioma: a new scoring system for predicting the extent of tumor rem	Journal of Neurosurgery:  Oct 30 2009 2:38PM Matching: meningioma
Long-term results with exophthalmos in a surgical series of 30 sphenoorbital meningiomas Clinical article 1069	Journal of Neurosurgery:  Oct 30 2009 2:37PM Matching: meningioma
Anterior clinoidal meningiomas: functional outcome after microsurgical resection in a consecutive series of 10	Journal of Neurosurgery:  Oct 30 2009 2:37PM Matching: meningioma
Meningioma Epidemiology: Research on meningioma epidemiology reported by scientists at Seoul National University, Department of Nuclear Medicine	NewsRX:  Oct 28 2009 4:35AM Matching: meningioma
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Meningioma Clinical Trials:
Phase II Trial of Sunitinib (SU011248) in Patients With Recurrent or Inoperable Meningioma

Meningioma Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7572924	Pyrrole substituted 2-indolinone protein kinase inhibitors
7582755	Cyanopyrrole-containing cyclic carbamate and thiocarbamate biaryls and methods for preparing the same
7582756	3-(4-amidopyrrol-2-ylmethylidene)-2-indolinone derivatives as protein kinase inhibitors
7585622	Increasing the proliferative capacity of cells using telomerase reverse transcriptase
7585937	GAG binding proteins
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Barcelona Spine Center Barcelona Spine Center is a clinic specialising in minimally invasive spinal surgery and neurosurgery. Our specialists have over 15 years of experience and offer safe and effective... www.bcn-sc.com/        View full profile

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