Is radiotherapy a good radiation for a meningomia ?

Benign tumors: Radiotherapy refers to medical treatment with radiation. Benign tumors are usually not treated with radiation therapy. Meningiomas make up the most common benign tumor of the brain. Although certain meningiomas are malignant, i.e. Cancerous, the majority of these tumors are benign and preferably treated with surgical resection over radiation. A surgical biopsy is needed to differentiate the two.

Irradiation: Radiation for meningioma is only used as a last resort when surgery is not an option or the tumor is in a surgical high risk region of the brain. Gamma knife or focused beam radiation is sometimes used for the smaller lesions.

Surgery first: Followed by radiation is appropriate for higher grade or malignant meningiomas.