• Neurosurgery · Jan 2025

    The Impact of MRI-Defined Extent of Resection Across Meningioma DNA Methylation Groups: Re-Evaluating Surgery in the Era of Meningioma Molecular Classification.

    • Ramin A Morshed, Minh P Nguyen, Abrar Choudhury, Nadeem N Al-Adli, Stephen T Magill, Alexander F Haddad, Kanish Mirchia, Calixto-Hope G Lucas, Philip V Theodosopoulos, Michael W McDermott, William C Chen, and David R Raleigh.
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
    • Neurosurgery. 2025 Jan 7.

    Background And ObjectivesExtent of resection (EOR) is prognostic for meningioma outcomes. DNA methylation profiling can shed light on biological drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities. The goal of this study was to re-evaluate the impact of EOR on clinical outcomes across meningioma DNA methylation groups.MethodsPatients with sporadic meningiomas who underwent resection from a multicenter, international cohort were retrospectively reviewed. Gross vs subtotal resection (GTR vs STR, respectively) was determined based on postoperative MRI. The Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank statistics, and multivariable Cox proportional hazard analyses were performed to evaluate the impact of EOR on local freedom from recurrence (LFFR) and overall survival (OS).ResultsIn total, 587 patients (Male: 195, Female: 392) underwent 644 surgeries for intracranial meningioma (GTR: 438, STR: 206), with 124 surgeries (19.3%) for recurrent intracranial meningiomas. The cohort included 375 (58.2%) World Health Organization (WHO) Grade 1, 202 (31.4%) WHO Grade 2, and 67 (10.4%) WHO Grade 3 meningiomas based on histological criteria. DNA methylation profiling was used to categorize meningiomas as Merlin-intact (N = 214, 33.2%), Immune-enriched (N = 236, 36.6%), or Hypermitotic (N = 194, 30.1%). GTR was associated with longer LFFR across all meningioma DNA methylation groups (Merlin-intact P < .0001; Immune-enriched P = .013; Hypermitotic P = .001) and was associated with longer OS for Hypermitotic meningiomas (P = .0022). In multivariable Cox proportional hazard analyses, EOR was significantly associated with LFFR across all DNA methylation groups and WHO grades but was significantly associated with OS only for Hypermitotic meningiomas (hazard ratio [GTR vs STR] 0.64, 95% CI 0.43-0.97, P = .034).ConclusionMRI-defined GTR is associated with improved LFFR across all meningioma DNA methylation groups and improved OS for patients with Hypermitotic meningiomas. These data continue to support maximal safe resection when feasible and demonstrate how molecular classification systems complement rather than supersede the prognostic impact of surgery.Copyright © Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2025. All rights reserved.

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