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The majority of meningiomas are cured by surgical resection. There is little information in the literature on the use of chemotherapy in meningiomas. We report 2 patients with inoperable recurrences of meningiomas that responded (1 patient) or stabilized (1 patient) when treated with the combination of intracarotid cisplatin plus intravenous doxorubicin.
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Stewart, D.J., Dahrouge, S., Wee, M. et al. Intraarterial cisplatin plus intravenous doxorubicin for inoperable recurrent meningiomas. J Neuro-Oncol 24, 189–194 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01078489
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