A look at 198 children with the brain tumor meningioma
Original title: Distinct clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of pediatric meningiomas in a 10-year cohort of 198 patients.
How far along is this research?
- Lab cells
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- Tested in people
This was tested in people. That is the most reliable kind of research we share.
Doctors looked back at children who were already treated, so this is not a new treatment being tested.
The short version
Most children in this study were still alive many years after treatment for a brain tumor called meningioma.
What was studied. Doctors at one hospital in Beijing went back through the records of 198 children under 18 who had a brain tumor called meningioma, treated between 2014 and 2023. They looked at scans, surgery, the tumor itself, and whether it came back.
What they found. Scans before surgery often got it wrong, and 90 patients (45.45%) were not diagnosed with meningioma at first. Surgeons removed the whole tumor in 75.76% of patients. Of the children, 96.91% were alive 5 years later and 89.06% were alive 10 years later.
What this means, and what it doesn't
What it could mean: How much of the tumor comes out seems to matter. Children under 14, children who had only part of the tumor removed, and children whose tumor had come back before were more likely to have it return. Because scans often missed this tumor, it may help to ask your doctor how sure they are of the diagnosis.
What it doesn't mean: This is not a new treatment. It is not a cure, and it does not promise any result for one child. Doctors only looked back at old records from a single hospital in China. Numbers from one group of children may not match your own child's care.
Source: PubMed, July 13, 2026 · Read the original
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