Re: Ru 486 and meningiomas affecting growth rate of A's??

January 1, 2001

Morning ,thanks for answering, when are we talking about here, last

year,year before......can anybody direct me towards this article? I'll try

and find it tonight.

Is ru486 still used on sporadic meningiomas? This must tell them something

about Nf2 tumors then.....

I read some research last night which claims that AN's grow faster when a

meningioma is present......suggesting that with meningiomas present, EGF

is released into the Cerebral Spinal Fluid and this promotes faster growth

of AN's.....anybody find this to be true?

Sparkling day here.....rosemary.

on 2/1/01 7:52 AM, ffusca@... at ffusca@... wrote:

> Rosemary,

>

> I know for sure that RU486 was tested on many NF2 patients. There was a good

> article on this at the time in the NF2 Review. I don't know how the results .

> turned out. From what others have said, it seems the test results were not

> good.

>

>> I have a question...was this drug just found to not be effective for Nf2

>> meningiomas or just not effective for all meningiomas?

>>

>> Because it would not make any sense at all for it to simply not be

>> effective for only Nf2 meningiomas.....there is no

>> histolological/pathological difference.

>>

>> Which makes me wonder was it actually trialled with Nf2 patients?

>> I haven't come across any trials for Nf2 patients with this drug...

>> can anybody shed any light?

>> rosemary.

>>

>

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