Postoperative radiotherapy for meningiomas – a decision-making analysis

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Criteria with choice of option for postoperative treatment and comprehensive criteria as a basis for the evaluation. Plus-marked criteria were considered for decision-making by a centre

Comprehensive criteria	criteria mentioned by centres	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
Comprehensive criteria	WHO grade [I, II, III]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Surgery [complete (I-III), incomplete (IV + V)]	Simpson grading [I, II, III, IV, V]							+
Surgery [complete (I-III), incomplete (IV + V)]	Surgery [complete, incomplete]	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+
Recurrence [yes, no]	Residual tumour [progress, no progress]				+		+	+	+
Recurrence [yes, no]	Recurrence [yes, no]		+	+	+			+	+
Location [critical, noncritical]	Skull base [close, distant]		+					+			+
	Organs at risk/critical structures [close, distant]			+			+	+		+
	Possible future resection [yes, no]	+								+
	Size [small, large]	+	+				+	+		+	+
Proliferation [high, low]	MIB [high, low]								+
Proliferation [high, low]	Division rate [high, low]										+
Zugzwang [yes, no]	Symptoms [yes, no]			+					+	+	+
	Risk [high, low]				+						+
	Brain invasion [yes, no]										+

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