Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Parameter	Current Study (n = 65)		Historical Control (n = 128)
	No.	%	No.	%
KPS
Median	90		90
Range	60-100		60-100
Age, years
Median	55		53
Range	22-77		27-77
Biopsy	8	13	23	18
Subtotal resection	31	48	67	52
Gross total resection	25	39	38	30
Deaths	48	74	106	83
Follow-up for censored patients, weeks
Median	147		112
Range	110-181		11-214

Abbreviation: KPS, Karnofsky Performance Score.