Medical therapies for meningiomas

作者：Wen Patrick Y^*; Quant Eudocia; Drappatz Jan; Beroukhim Rameen; Norden Andrew D

来源：Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2010, 99(3): 365-378.

DOI：10.1007/s11060-010-0349-8

• Meningiomas
• Chemotherapy
• Hormonal therapy
• Antiangiogenic therapies
• Targeted molecular therapies

Meningiomas are the most common primary brain tumor in adults. Although the majority of these tumors can be effectively treated with surgery and radiation therapy, an important subset of patients have inoperable tumors, or develop recurrent disease after surgery and radiotherapy, and require some form of medical therapy. There are increasing numbers of studies evaluating various medical therapies but the results remain disappointing. Chemotherapies and hormonal therapies have been generally ineffective, although somatostatin analogues may have therapeutic potential. There is also increasing interest in targeted molecular therapies. Agents inhibiting platelet derived growth factor receptors and epidermal growth factor receptors have shown little efficacy, but molecular agents inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor receptors appear to have some promise. As with other tumors, advances in the medical therapies for meningiomas will require improved understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of these tumors, more predictive preclinical models, and efficient mechanisms for conducting clinical trials, given the small population of eligible patients.

• 出版日期2010-9