2024
Variations in the genomic profiles and clinical behavior of meningioma by racial and ethnic group.
Tabor J, Dincer A, O'Brien J, Lei H, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Jalal M, Yalcin K, Morales-Valero S, Marianayagam N, Alanya H, Elsamadicy A, Millares Chavez M, Aguilera S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Fulbright R, Jin L, Erson-Omay E, Günel M, Moliterno J. Variations in the genomic profiles and clinical behavior of meningioma by racial and ethnic group. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2024, 141: 664-672. PMID: 38518289, DOI: 10.3171/2024.1.jns231633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack patientsSporadic meningiomasClinical outcomesGenomic profilingClinical behavior of meningiomasShorter progression-free survivalAnterior skull base tumorsClinical data of patientsHispanic patientsProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionBehavior of meningiomasIncreased recurrence rateRate of recurrenceSkull base tumorsData of patientsSomatic driver mutationsNon-Black patientsShorter PFSOverall survivalAggressive meningiomasTRAF7 mutationsIntracranial meningiomasMeningioma resectionNon-black group
2023
Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas.
Tabor J, O'Brien J, Vasandani S, Vetsa S, Lei H, Jalal M, Marianayagam N, Jin L, Millares Chavez M, Haynes J, Dincer A, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Omay S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Morales-Valero S, Fulbright R, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E, Moliterno J. Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2023, 139: 1648-1656. PMID: 37243548, DOI: 10.3171/2023.4.jns222929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubtotal resectionSupratentorial tumorsElevated Ki-67High-risk featuresProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionInfratentorial counterpartsInfratentorial tumorsPostoperative managementSomatic driver mutationsCerebral convexityGrade IIInfratentorial meningiomasKi-67Posterior fossaLoss of heterozygosityMeningiomasResectionTumorsWhole-exome sequencing dataDriver mutationsHigh gradeSignificant differencesExome sequencing dataSporadic meningiomas
2022
EPCO-40. INFRATENTORIAL NF2 MUTANT SPORADIC MENINGIOMAS DIFFER FROM THOSE IN SUPRATENTORIAL LOCATIONS AND ARE MORE BENIGN
Vasandani S, Vetsa S, Jalal M, Yalcin K, Marianayagam N, Nadar A, Jin L, Fulbright R, Erson-Omay E, Günel M, Moliterno J. EPCO-40. INFRATENTORIAL NF2 MUTANT SPORADIC MENINGIOMAS DIFFER FROM THOSE IN SUPRATENTORIAL LOCATIONS AND ARE MORE BENIGN. Neuro-Oncology 2022, 24: vii125-vii125. DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac209.474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSupratentorial locationWhole-exome sequencing dataHigh-risk clinical featuresLonger progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalExtent of resectionShorter overall survivalDifferent intracranial locationsChromosome 1p deletionOverall survivalClinical featuresInfratentorial tumorsAggressive featuresClinical manifestationsClinical behaviorKi-67Intracranial locationMeningiomasTumorsUnstable tumorsNF2 lossResectionGenomic profilesPatientsExome sequencing data
2020
Clinical and genomic factors associated with seizures in meningiomas.
Gupte TP, Li C, Jin L, Yalcin K, Youngblood MW, Miyagishima DF, Mishra-Gorur K, Zhao AY, Antonios J, Huttner A, McGuone D, Blondin NA, Contessa JN, Zhang Y, Fulbright RK, Gunel M, Erson-Omay Z, Moliterno J. Clinical and genomic factors associated with seizures in meningiomas. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2020, 135: 835-844. PMID: 33276341, DOI: 10.3171/2020.7.jns201042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreoperative seizuresPostoperative seizuresAtypical histologyMultivariate analysisWorse progression-free survivalGenomic subgroupsYale-New Haven HospitalAssociation of seizuresAntiepileptic drug useProgression-free survivalSeizure-free patientsGross total resectionExtent of resectionMultiple risk factorsNF2 mutationsNew Haven HospitalLogistic regression modelsPostoperative radiationSeizure freedomClinical courseSeizure presentationSomatic NF2 mutationsBrain invasionRecurrent tumorsRisk factors