Table 1: Distribution of Variables (n=130).
Continuous variables are presented as median (interquartile range) and categorical variables are presented as count (percentage).
Variable | Value | |
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Patient-level | ||
Biometric | Sex | |
Male | 73 (56%) | |
Female | 57 (44%) | |
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Race | ||
White | 120 (92%) | |
Other | 10 (8%) | |
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Comorbidities | Hypertension | |
Yes | 37 (28%) | |
No | 93 (72%) | |
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Diabetes | ||
Yes | 9 (7%) | |
No | 121 (93%) | |
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Brain characteristics | Whole ventricular volume (cc) | 27.10 (20.36-37.10) |
Tumor-level | ||
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Tumor characteristics | Type | |
H&N | 60 (46%) | |
CNS | 65 (50%) | |
BOS | 5 (6%) | |
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Location | ||
Extracranial | 60 (46%) | |
Intracranial | 70 (54%) | |
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Bilateral radiation target | ||
Yes | 33 (25%) | |
No | 97 (75%) | |
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Clinical target volume (cc) | 118.16 (60.06-266.49) | |
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Tumor location variables | Cerebral lobe at risk | |
Frontal | 54 (42%) | |
Temporal | 54 (42%) | |
Other | 22 (17%) | |
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Distance from maximum dose to ventricles (mm) | 62 (37-95) | |
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Maximum dose in white matter | ||
Yes | 13 (10%) | |
No | 117 (90%) | |
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Treatment-level | ||
Other therapies | Prior surgery | |
Gross total resection | 36 (28%) | |
Near total resection | 18 (14%) | |
Subtotal resection | 38 (29%) | |
None | 38 (29%) | |
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Concurrent chemotherapy | ||
Yes | 61 (47%) | |
No | 69 (53%) | |
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Radiotherapy variables | Radiotherapy indication | |
Definitive | 77 (59%) | |
Adjuvant | 53 (41%) | |
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Mean brain dose (Gy) | 5.4 (3.3-10.6) | |
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Maximum brain dose (Gy) | 67.1 (63.5-72.1) | |
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Radiation Necrosis | ||
Overall | 50 (38%) | |
Central Nervous System | 19 out of 65 | |
Glioma | 14 out of 42 | |
Meningioma | 5 out of 19 | |
Ependymomas | 0 out of 1 | |
Hemangiopericytomas | 0 out of 2 | |
Other | 0 out of 1 | |
Head and Neck | 30 out of 60 | |
Nasopharyngeal carcinomas | 21 out of 47 | |
Salivary gland tumors | 6 out of 10 | |
Other 3 out of 3 | ||
Base of Skull | 1 out of 5 | |
Chordomas | 0 out of 5 | |
Chondrosarcomas | 1 out of 2 | |
Other | 0 out of 1 |