Meningioma

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Synonyms

• Arachnoidal Fibroblastoma
• Dural Endothelioma
• Leptomeningioma
• Meningeal Fibroblastoma

Disorder Subdivisions

• Frontal Tumor, Meningioma
• Temporal Tumor, Meningioma
• Parietal Tumor, Meningioma

General Discussion

Meningiomas are benign, slow-growing tumors, classified as brain tumors, but actually growing in the three protective membranes that surround the brain (meninges). Sometimes they cause thickening or thinning of adjoining skull bones. Meningiomas do not spread to other areas of the body.

Resources

American Brain Tumor Association

2720 River Road

Suite 146

Des Plaines, IL 60018

USA

Tel: 8478279910

Fax: 8478279918

Tel: 8008862282

Email: info@abta.org

Internet: http://www.abta.org



National Brain Tumor Foundation

22 Battery Street

Suite 612

San Francisco, CA 94111-5520

USA

Tel: 4158349970

Fax: 4158349980

Tel: 8009342873

Email: nbtf@braintumor.org

Internet: http://www.braintumor.org



Brain Tumor Society

124 Watertown Street

Suite 3H

Watertown, MA 02472-2500

Tel: (617)924-9997

Fax: (617)924-9998

Tel: (800)770-8287

Email: info@tbts.org

Internet: http://www.tbts.org



American Cancer Society, Inc.

1599 Clifton Road NE

Atlanta, GA 30329

USA

Tel: 4043203333

Tel: 8002272345

Internet: http://www.cancer.org



Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center

McLean Hospital

115 Mill Street

Belmont, MA 02478

Tel: (617)855-2400

Fax: (617)855-3199

Tel: (800)272-4622

Email: btrc@mclean.org

Internet: http://www.brainbank.mclean.org



Cancer.Net

American Society of Clinical Oncology

2318 Mill Road

Suite 800

Alexandria, VA 22314

Tel: (571)483-1780

Fax: (571)366-9537

Tel: (888)651-3038

Email: contactus@cancer.net

Internet: http://www.cancer.net/patient



Wellness Community

919 18th Street N.W.

Suite 54

Washington, DC 20006

Tel: (202)659-9709

Fax: (202)659-9301

Tel: (888)793-9355

Email: help@thewellnesscommunity.org

Internet: http://www.thewellnesscommunity.org



Lance Armstrong Foundation

PO Box 161550

Austin, TX 78716-1150

Tel: (512)236-8820

Fax: (512)236-8482

Tel: (866)235-7205

Internet: http://www.livestrong.org

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