title: Surgical and non-surgical treatment of symptomatic intracranial meningiomas.
abstract: The results of treatment of intracranial symptomatic meningiomas from a personal consecutive series are presented. Thirty-three patients were retrospectively reviewed following surgical treatment and 11 patients were treated prospectively with gestrinone, a synthetic antiprogesterone drug. Comparative results suggest that research and future advances in treatment will be non-surgical. The time has come for neurosurgeons to recognize this reality.
authors.affiliation: Royal Preston Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005867:Gestrinone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D045167:Progesterone Congeners / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012074:Remission Induction; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D045167:Progesterone Congeners; D005867:Gestrinone