Abstract
PurposeThis work describes the clinical epidemiology and pathology for patients undergoing surgery for newly diagnosed meningiomas in France between 2006 and 2010. MethodsThe methodology is based on a multidisciplinary national network previously established by the French Brain Tumor DataBase (FBTDB) (in French: Recensement national histologique des tumeurs primitives du système nerveux central [RnhTPSNC]), and the active participation of the scientific societies involved in neuro-oncology in France. ResultsFrom 2006 to 2010, 13,038 incident cases of meningioma with histological validation were identified and analyzed (9769 women, 3269 men, resection 98.2%, cryopreservation 20.5%). For each histological subtype of meningioma (meningothelial, fibrous, transitional, psammomatous, angiomatous, rare variety, microcystic, secretory, lymphoplasmacyte-rich, clear-cell, chordoid, rhabdoid, metaplastic, atypical, papillary, anaplastic and not otherwise specified), number of cases, sex, median age, cryopreservation and surgery were reported. Among the various histological subtypes, atypical meningioma (grade II) slightly, but significantly, increased after 2007. Headache, sensory-motor impairments and seizures were the most frequent clinical symptoms. Time between the first clinical symptom and surgery ranged from 0 to 314 months, and was <3 months in 37% of cases. At the time of surgery, 9% of patients were asymptomatic. Discussion/conclusionGiven the number of meningiomas not histologically-validated, we can estimate that the gross incidence rate for meningiomas operated in France is about 4.2 per 100,000 person/year. To our knowledge, this work is the most important study evaluating the different subtypes of meningiomas and it validates the relevance of histological databases for central nervous system tumors.
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