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## Background: While meningiomas often recur over time, the natural history of repeated recurrences and their management are not well described. should recurrence occur, repeat surgery and/or use of adjuvant therapeutic options may be necessary. here, we summarize current practice when it comes to meningioma recurrence after initial surgical management. ## Methods: A total of n = 89 articles were screened. n = 41 articles met the inclusion criteria and n = 16 articles failed to assess management of meningioma recurrence. finally, n = 24 articles were included in our review. ## Results: The articles were distributed as follows: studies on chemotherapy (n = 14), radiotherapy, protontherapy, and stereotaxic radiosurgery (n = 6), boron-neutron capture therapy (n = 2) and surgery (n = 3). no study seems to provide serious alternatives to surgery in terms of progression-free and overall survival. recurrence can occur long after the initial surgery and also affects who grade 1 meningiomas, even after initial gross total resection at first surgery, emphasizing the need for a long-term and comprehensive follow-up. ## Conclusions: Surgery still seems to be the state-of-the-art management whe

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Author

Marco Vincenzo Corniola; Torstein R. Meling

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)