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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2008 Sep 1;113(5):1032–1042. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23678

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of patients with GBM tumors

Patient characteristics No. patients in cohort (%) No. patients in imaging subset (%)
Overall 62 42 (67.75)
Sex
 Male 42 (67.74) 30 (71.43)
 Female 20 (32.26) 12 (28.57)
Age
 Mean±SD (range) 62.47±11.26 (40.7–81.2) 63.5±11.38 (40.7–81.2)
Extent of surgery
 Biopsy 6 (9.68) 0
 Subtotal resection 40 (64.52) 16 (38.10)
 Gross total resection (≥95%) 16 (25.81) 26 (61.90)
Side
 Right 29 (46.77) 20 (47.62)
 Left 30 (48.39) 20 (47.62)
 Bilateral 3 (4.84) 2 (4.76)
Location
 Frontal 19 (30.65) 12 (28.57)
 Occipital 5 (8.06) 3 (7.14)
 Temporal 24 (38.71) 18 (42.86)
 Parietal 12 (19.35) 8 (19.05)
 Thalamus 2 (3.23) 1 (2.38)
Awake cortical mapping
 Yes 11 (17.74) 11 (26.19)
 No 51 (82.26) 31 (73.81)
Chemotherapy treatment
 Yes 44 (70.97) 31 (73.81)
 No 15 (24.19) 8 (19.05)
 Unknown 3 (4.84) 3 (4.76)
Radiotherapy treatment
 Yes 50 (80.65) 34 (80.95)
 No 11 (17.74) 7 (16.67)
 Unknown 1 (1.61) 1 (2.38)
Progression-free survival in mo±SD (range) 5.56±4.99 (0.56–24.3) 5.84±5.50 (0.56–24.3)
Overall survival in mo±SD (range) 10.77±7.58 (0.07–32.65) 11.26±7.87 (0.26–32.65)