2023
Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas.
Tabor J, O'Brien J, Vasandani S, Vetsa S, Lei H, Jalal M, Marianayagam N, Jin L, Millares Chavez M, Haynes J, Dincer A, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Omay S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Morales-Valero S, Fulbright R, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E, Moliterno J. Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2023, 139: 1648-1656. PMID: 37243548, DOI: 10.3171/2023.4.jns222929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubtotal resectionSupratentorial tumorsElevated Ki-67High-risk featuresProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionInfratentorial counterpartsInfratentorial tumorsPostoperative managementSomatic driver mutationsCerebral convexityGrade IIInfratentorial meningiomasKi-67Posterior fossaLoss of heterozygosityMeningiomasResectionTumorsWhole-exome sequencing dataDriver mutationsHigh gradeSignificant differencesExome sequencing dataSporadic meningiomas
2020
Associations of meningioma molecular subgroup and tumor recurrence
Youngblood MW, Miyagishima DF, Jin L, Gupte T, Li C, Duran D, Montejo JD, Zhao A, Sheth A, Tyrtova E, Özduman K, Iacoangeli F, Peyre M, Boetto J, Pease M, Avşar T, Huttner A, Bilguvar K, Kilic T, Pamir MN, Amankulor N, Kalamarides M, Erson-Omay EZ, Günel M, Moliterno J. Associations of meningioma molecular subgroup and tumor recurrence. Neuro-Oncology 2020, 23: 783-794. PMID: 33068421, PMCID: PMC8099468, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDivergent clinical coursesMolecular subgroupsClinical courseClinical outcomesProgression-free survivalExtent of resectionKaplan-Meier analysisLong-term outcomesLow-grade tumorsCox proportional hazardsDistinct clinical outcomesPostoperative radiationIndependent predictorsMale sexRecurrence rateSurveillance imagingTumor recurrencePrevious recurrencesClinical prognosticationKi-67Outcome dataAggressive subgroupRecurrenceElevated recurrenceProportional hazards