Hello, I am writing a book and my main character has Meningioma. Im trying to find out as much as I can about this type of cancer bus it is very difficult because my character is a teenager and that is very rare. I have a few specific questions but any general information would be helpful. How long would a teen diagnosed with Meningioma live? What types of treatments would be recommended? What side effects would those treatments cause? What symptoms would a teen with Meningioma experience? Thank you for your time and any information you can offer.
HIT hank for choosing ChatDoctorThe meningioma, is asymptomatic kind of disease, some persons remains asymptomatic through out the life, and it is most of the time, the lesion is benign, sometimes it accidentally found out during the CT imaging, in symptomatic case surgical resection carried out sometime (Partial resection of tumor) Chemotherapy has got very little or no role third option is radiotherapy can be taken into hand as single line of treatment or with the surgical procedure , if the lesion is benign then the side of treatment are negligible but if the lesion is malignant then the usual many of side effect of treatment is likely, benign tumor hardly turned in to malignant, according to some study female are more suitable to this than male, genetic mutation having 5% cause of this disease, hope this information may help you, good luck