Meningioma

A meningioma is a slow-growing tumor in the membranes that cover the brain, mostly occurring in older women. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For cancers known as meningioma, the incidence rate increased by 0. 8% among men and, after the early 1990's, by 3. 8% among women. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For slow-growing tumors such as meningioma and acoustic neuroma, as well as for glioma among long-term users, the absence of association reported thus far is less conclusive because the observation period has been too short ❋ Unknown (2010)

The procedure removed a meningioma, a benign tumor on the lining tissue of the brain. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For instance, he says, Elizabeth Taylor had a meningioma that was successfully removed 10 years before her death. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If doctors can't remove a meningioma surgically, or if the tumor comes back even after surgery, doctors can try to shrink it with radiation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mobile phones and meningioma | Liam Byrne's letter | Samantha Joye ❋ Unknown (2011)

A meningioma grows on the meningi, which is a protective wrapping that looks like a cross between wax paper and plastic wrap, between the brain and the skull, says Anders Cohen, chief of neurosurgery at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The procedure will remove a meningioma, a benign tumor on the lining tissue of the brain. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cohen says the prognosis for meningioma removal is generally successful depending on the condition of the patient before surgery and the size and location of the tumor. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Scientists interviewed 12,848 participants, of which 5,150 had either meningioma or glioma tumors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Conducted under the auspices of the World Health Organization, it interviewed more than 5,000 people afflicted with glioma or meningioma brain tumors, along with a control group, from 13 countries. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The survey of almost 13,000 participants found cellphone use didn't increase the risk of developing meningioma — a common and frequently benign tumor — or glioma — a rarer but deadlier form of cancer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It looked at a group of adults 30 to 59 years old who had been diagnosed with glioma or meningioma, types of brain tumors that can be either benign or malignant, between 2000 and 2004. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In May, the long-awaited results of international, decade-long study showed no increased risk for the two most common forms of brain cancer -- glioma and meningioma -- among cellphone users. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was incredibly lucky -- my tumor, a meningioma, was in a place the surgeons could reach without disrupting other areas, it was basically benign (but atypical, which complicates matters) and I came through the surgery with 95 percent of my facilities intact, no obvious impairments and, in my triumphant Samson moment, all my recently styled and colored hair -- but the experience definitely rocked my world. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The doctors removed a meningioma, which, they said, is the best kind of brain tumor to have. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Actually, no one knows: The Mayo Clinic says it "isn't clear what causes a meningioma to form." ❋ Unknown (2010)