“…24) Therefore, the clinical course of benign meningioma is not necessarily favorable, 30) and many studies have investigated the prediction of postoperative recurrence, 16,18,22) particularly after total resection, usually based on the clinical or imaging findings of patients, but recently mainly based on the tumor growth potential, that is MIB-1 index. 14,15,17,18,31,32,34) MIB-1 index can be used as an index within a facility, but general comparison is difficult because no standard measurement method has been established, and the value markedly varies depending on the measurement site within a preparation. 18,19) Subsequently, the MIB-1 index considered to predict a high risk of recurrence or regrowth varies from 2% to 5%, 15,17,18,31) but the WHO classification considers that the mean MIB-1 index of grade I benign meningioma is generally 3.8%, showing the problem as a general predictor of regrowth in global criteria.…”