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Management of Hemangiopericytoma

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Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 13

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Macroscopically, hemangiopericytoma (HPC) and meningioma are similar. However, treatment strategies for these tumors sometimes differ because of differences in their clinical behavior and structure, principally their vascularity.

HPC must be totally resected at initial surgery, which sometimes requires preoperative embolization, and close radiographic follow-up is mandatory for detection of local recurrence or metastasis. In the case of residual tumors, adjuvant radiotherapy including conventional radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, and stereotactic radiotherapy should be deployed. Repeat surgery or salvage radiotherapy is effective. Although chemotherapy has not shown definitive efficacy until date, novel approaches for systemic metastasis that cannot be controlled by present modalities are expected.

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    Takenori Akiyama, Kazunari Yoshida, Takashi Horiguchi & Takeshi Kawase

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Akiyama, T., Yoshida, K., Horiguchi, T., Kawase, T. (2014). Management of Hemangiopericytoma. In: Hayat, M. (eds) Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 13. Tumors of the Central Nervous System, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7602-9_4

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