Table 2.

Demographic and outcome data (ambulation and pain only) for all surgical and radiation papers

						Location			Pathology2				Ambulatory Patients3
Paper	Year	M	F	Age (avg)	N1	C	T	LS	L	P	B	R	Pre	Post	Success (%)	Rescue (%)	Pain (%)
Surgical
Overby	1985	7	5	52	12		12		1	2	3		1	8	67	64	NA
Siegal	1985	54	32	50	86	4	63	19	11	2	10	8	19	55	64	59	NA
Onimus	1986	27	30	60	60	11	39	10	12	2	21	3	37	52	87	65	93
Fidler	1986	8	10	53	18	0	16	2	2		7	3	10	15	83	63	92
Bridwell	1988	11	14	63	26		18	8	3	2	5	3	15	21	84	60	76
Shaw	1989	4	5	55	9		8	1		1	3	2	6	9	100	100	100
Moore	1989	12	14	55	26	9	12	5	3	1	8		10	20	77	63	71
King	1991	18	15	55	33	8	6	19				33	21	27	82	50	88
Sundaresan	1991	36	18	57	54	15	23	16	5	4	5	6	30	51	94	88	90
Cybulski	1991	8	7	45	15		15		5		3	1	10	12	80	40	85
Hammerberg	1992	25	31	58	58	9	31	18	10	1	21	4	32	49	88	71	91
Cooper	1993	23	10	58	33		28	5	3	5	6	3	25	30	88	25	97
Arbit	1995	7	3	55	10		8	2	4	2	1		8	8	80	0	NA
Weller	1995	6	2	61	8		7	1		4		1	3	8	100	100	100
Hosono	1995	40	42	54	82	27	37	18	8	4	12	8	43	69	84	67	94
Sioutos	1995	61	48	59	109		109		45	21	19	15	70	79	72	23	NA
Akeyson	1996	13	12	54	25		20	5	8		4	5	13	18	72	42	80
Gokaslan	1998	24	48	56	72		72		9	2	10	19	59	67	93	61	92
Weigel	1999	38	38	59	86	6	49	31	8	5	16	16	66	80	93	70	89
Miller	2000	16	13	55	29	19	10		6	2	8	6	23	26	90	50	92
Bilsky	2000	13	12	59	25		21	4	3	3	4	4	22	22	88	0	100
Muhlbauer	2000	3	14	64	17	1	12	4	4		6		7	14	82	57	NA
Fourney	2001	55	40	54	100		52	48	4	3	12	27	74	86	86	46	87
Yen	2002	12	15	62	27		22	5	8	2	5		11	17	63	38	NA
Total or average		521	478	56.4 (avg)	1020	109	690	221	162	68	189	167	615	843	83 (avg)	54 (avg)	90 (avg)
Radiation
Greenberg	1980	39	44	56	83	12	59	12	11	12	21	3	38	47	57	20	73
Maranzano	1995	99	110	62	244	16	131	97	38	24	103	7	109	158	76	49	54
Helweg	1996	78	75	68	153	7	102	44	27	43	56	6	79	93	61	19	83
Rades	2002	52	46	64	98		62	36	7	12	31		52	59	60	15	NA
Total or average		268	275	62.5 (avg)	578	35	354	189	83	91	211	16	278	357	64 (avg)	26 (avg)	70

Abbreviations: avg, average; B, breast; C, cervical location; L, lung; LS, lumbosacral location; NA, not available; P, prostate; R, renal; T, thoracic location.

¹N represents the number of lesions treated. This may not necessarily equal the number of patients within the study.

²Only the number of patients with each of the four pathologies is listed. Please refer to the individual papers for the other primaries.

³The numbers of patients ambulatory before and after treatment are listed.