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For meningiomas causing symptoms such as headaches, what percentage of patients experience improvement of symptoms after radiation alone?

The literature does not seem to report on the rates of improvement of headaches.
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Radiation Oncology · GammaWest Cancer Services
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Without question, patients are often found to have meningioma after presenting with headache. At times the headache may have been due to meningioma, particularly if the meningioma is large meningioma, has broad-based dural involvement, and/or is accompanied by edema, which they often are, especially...

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