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Bevacizumab for the Treatment of High-Grade Meningiomas: Is There New Evidence? [Letter]

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of to of these tumors is challenging and involves not only surgical resection but also some adjuvant treatment. for the meningioma grade III treatment, pharmacotherapy be considered; however, it is… Click to show full abstract

of to of these tumors is challenging and involves not only surgical resection but also some adjuvant treatment. for the meningioma grade III treatment, pharmacotherapy be considered; however, it is still evidence level IV. 1 Bevacizumab is an anti-angiogenic therapy, a monoclonal antibody that binds to the VEGF-A isoforms and thereby inhibits the activation of VEGF signaling pathways, avoiding neovascularization. 2 It is a promising medication for non-benign meningiomas. Bai published an interesting article regarding the treatment of this condition. It is a retrospective study with a robust sample considering the rareness of these conditions. They could observe a homogeneous sample between both groups, and the results revealed better outcomes considering progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for the patients who were treated with the bevacizumab protocol. 3 These findings are inspiring and promising. However, some considerations should be made. Usually, it is recom-mended to perform stereotactic radiosurgery or fractionated radiotherapy after resection of meningiomas grades II and III, even in gross total resection. 1 This was not cited by the author. This could lead to different outcomes considering unbalanced groups for this adjuvant treatment. Gamma knife was performed just after the recurrence. of the

Keywords: bevacizumab treatment; treatment high; high grade; evidence; treatment

Journal Title: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
Year Published: 2022

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