Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas - Non-surgical Treatment

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Smee, R I ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Williams, J R ^a  

^a The Prince of Wales Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meningiomas; optic nerve; radiotherapy; stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149165032     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Dutton J.J. Optic nerve sheath meningiomas. Surv Ophthalmol 37 (1992) 167-183
2. Basso A, Carrizo A, Kreutel A, Tomecek F. Primary intraorbital meningiomas. In: Schmidek HH, editor. Meningiomas and their surgical management. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1991. p. 311-323.
3. Turbin R.E., and Pokorny K. Diagnosis and treatment of orbital optic nerve sheath meningioma. Cancer Control 11 5 (2004) 334-341
4. Turbin R.E., Thompson C.R., Kennerdell J.S., Cockerham K.P., and Kupersmith M.J. A long-term visual outcome comparison in patients with optic nerve sheath meningioma managed with observation, surgery, radiotherapy, or surgery and radiotherapy. Ophthalmology 109 (2000) 890-900
5. Carrasco J.R., and Penne R.B. Optic nerve sheath meningiomas and advanced treatment options. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 15 (2004) 406-410
6. Craig W., and Gogela L. Intraorbital meningiomas: a clinicopathologic study. Am J Ophthalmol 32 (1949) 1663
7. Andrews D.W., Faroozan R., Yang B.P., et al. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of optic nerve sheath meningiomas: preliminary observations of 33 optic nerves in 30 patients with historical comparison to observation with or without prior surgery. Neurosurgery 51 (2002) 890-904
8. Debus J., Wuendrich M., Pirzkall A., et al. High efficacy of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of large base-of-skull meningiomas: long-term results. J Clin Oncol 19 (2001) 3547-3553
9. Selch M., Ahn E., Laskari A., et al. Stereotactic radiotherapy for treatment of cavernous sinus meningiomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59 (2004) 101-111
10. Pirzkall A., Debus J., Haering P., et al. Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for recurrent, residual, or untreated skull-base meningiomas: preliminary clinical experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 55 2 (2003) 362-372
11. Lui J.K., Forman S., Hershewe G.L., et al. Optic nerve sheath meningiomas: visual improvement after stereotactic radiotherapy. Neurosurgery 50 (2002) 950-957
12. Narayan S., Cornblath W.T., Sandler H.M., et al. Preliminary visual outcomes after three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for optic nerve sheath meningioma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56 (2003) 537-543
13. Richards J.C., Roden D., and Harper C.S. Management of sight-threatening optic nerve sheath meningioma with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 33 2 (2005) 137-141
14. Melian E., and Jay W.M. Primary radiotherapy for optic nerve sheath meningioma. Semin Ophthalmol 19 3-4 (2004) 130-140
15. Becker G., Jeremic B., Pitz S., et al. Stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy in patients with optic nerve sheath meningioma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 54 5 (2002) 1422-1429
16. Pitz S., Becker G., Schiefer U., et al. Stereotactic fractionated irradiation of optic nerve sheath meningioma: a new treatment alternative. Br J Ophthalmol 86 11 (2002) 1265-1268
17. Kennerdell J.S., Maroon J.C., Malton M., et al. The management of optic nerve sheath meningiomas. Am J Ophthalmol 106 (1988) 450-457
18. Schick U., Dott U., and Hassler W. Surgical management of meningiomas involving the optic nerve sheath. J Neurosurg 101 (2004) 951-959
19. Baumert B.G., Villa S., Studer G., et al. Early improvements in vision after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for primary optic nerve sheath meningioma. Radiother Oncol 72 2 (2004) 169-174
20. Parsons J.T., Bova F.J., Fitzgerald C.R., et al. Radiation optic neuropathy after megavoltage external-beam irradiation: analysis of time-dose factors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 30 (1994) 755-763
21. Bulsara K.R., Al-Mefty O., Shrieve D.C., and Angtuaco E.J. Meningiomas. In: Berger M.S., and Prados M.D. (Eds). Textbook of neuro-oncology (2005), Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia 335-345
22. Moyer P.D., Golnik K.C., and Breneman J. Treatment of optic nerve sheath meningioma with three-dimensional conformal radiation. Am J Ophthalmol 129 (2000) 694-696