Meningiomas

Francesco Maiuri is Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Naples "Federico II". He focused his scientific and surgical activity on the diagnosis and management of the tumors of the nervous system, mainly meningiomas, and to the skull base and cranioorbital pathologies. He was president of the Italian Association of Neuro-Oncology (AINO). He is author of about 300 scientific publications, mainly in international journals with high impact factor and editor of several neurosurgical books.

Marialaura Del Basso De Caro is Professor of Pathological Anatomy at University of Naples Federico II Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences. She is the author of more than 100 Communications to National and International Congresses, and of at least 170 scientific papers published in national and international journals, indexed on Index/Medicus/Journal Citation Index. She also contributed to 5 books with chapters mainly focused on the process of neoplastic progression and the search for new molecular markers prognostic and/ or response to therapy after surgery for tumours of the Central Nervous System, tumors of the pituitary gland and neuroendocrine tumors. She was member of the European Multidisciplinary Group for Neuroendocrine Tumours (ENETS) as well as of the Naples Multidisciplinary Group of Central Nervous System tumors.

Part I: Meningioma Pathology and Population-Based Aspects.- 1: Meningiomas in Children.- 2: Meningiomas in the Elderly.- 3: Meningiomas and Hormone-Related Clinical Conditions.- 4: Meningiomas in Genetic and Familial Syndromes: Biomolecular Correlations.- Part II: Meningiomas: Pathological - Clinical Correlations.- 5: Meningiomas Development: Meningeal Embryology and Tumorigenesis.- 6: Molecular Biology and Genetics of Meningiomas: Classification and diagnostic methods.- 7: Comprehensive Overview of Genetic Alterations in Meningioma.- 8: Meningioma Location: Pathological - Prognostic Correlations.- 9: Brain - Tumor Interface, Brain Invasion and Peritumoral edema in Meningiomas: Pathological - Clinical Implications.- 10: Malignant Meningiomas.- Part III : Meningioma Pathology and Imaging.- 11: Pathology - Imaging Correlations of Meningiomas: Imaging Mimics.- 12: Radiomics in Meningiomas: Pathological and Biomolecular Correlation.- 13: PET and SPECT in Meningiomas: Pathological Correlations.- Part IV : Meningioma Pathology and Management.- 14: The Simpson Grading: Is it Still Valid after WHO Classification in the Imaging Era?.- 15: Aggressive Versus more Conservative Surgery for Invasive Meningiomas.- 16: Meningioma Pathology and Radiotherapy at Initial Diagnosis.- 17: Biomolecular-Related Medical Therapies for Meningiomas.- Part V : Meningioma Pathology and Recurrences.- 18: Time to Recurrence of Meningiomas.- 19: Topography of Meningioma Recurrences: Localized versus Diffuse.- 20: Management of Recurrences of Non-Skull Base Meningiomas.- 21: Management of Recurrences of Skull Base Meningiomas.- 22: Multiple Re-operations for Recurrent Meningiomas.