More people are found to have meningioma, but few need treatment
Original title: Trends in Meningioma Incidence, Treatment, and Imaging Surveillance.
How far along is this research?
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
This was tested in people. That is the most reliable kind of research we share.
This looked back at the care of real people, but it did not test a new treatment.
The short version
Most people in this study with this common brain tumor never needed treatment.
What was studied. Researchers used national health records in Denmark. They looked at 8134 adults found to have a meningioma between 2010 and 2023, and tracked their treatment and their follow-up MRI scans.
What they found. More people were found to have a meningioma over these years, but the number treated each year stayed about the same. A total of 5307 patients (65.2%) got no treatment, while 2665 (32.8%) had surgery and 439 (5.4%) had radiation. Of 28 736 MRI scans, 23 992 (83.5%) were not followed by any treatment.
What this means, and what it doesn't
What it could mean: If you have a meningioma, it may never need treatment. Many people are watched with scans instead. Scans done long after diagnosis rarely led to surgery. Only 78 of 5547 patients (1.4%) had surgery after year 5. Ask your own doctor what your scan plan should be.
What it doesn't mean: This does not mean scans are useless, and it is not a reason to stop your own. It is not a new treatment and it is not a cure. This was a look back at past records in one country. It shows what care looked like there, not what is right for one person. Doctors would still need to agree on who can safely have fewer scans.
Source: PubMed, August 20, 2026 · Read the original
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