Table 2.

Patient characteristics

Case no.	Age (years)/Sex	Prior brain tumour	KPS1	Resection grade	Radiotherapy	Postoperative survival (months)
1	28/F2	No	90	GTR3	1.8 Gy × 30	54.6
2	32/F	No	70	Partial	2.0 Gy × 30	16.0
3	34/F	No	80	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	29.0
4	34/F	No	80	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	94.4+4
5	36/M5	No	70	Partial	3.0 Gy × 13	11.1
6	37/M	No	80	GTR	No	53.8+
7	38/M	No	80	Partial	2.0 Gy × 30	34.8+
8	39/F	No	70	GTR	N.D.6	N.D.
9	42/M	No	70	GTR	1.8 Gy × 30	92.3+
10	44/F	No	80	GTR	No	58.9+
11	44/M	Low-grade glioma	90	Partial	No	40.9
12	44/M	Low-grade glioma	80	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	29.0+
13	47/M	Low-grade glioma	90	GTR	No	88.8+
14	49/M	No	50	Biopsy	No	0.1
15	49/M	No	70	Partial	2.0 Gy × 30	30.2+
16	50/M	Low-grade glioma	80	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	23.4
17	53/M	No	70	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	24.3
18	56/F	No	70	Partial	2.0 Gy × 30	17.6
19	57/F	No	70	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	5.5
20	57/F	No	80	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	62.9+
21	57/M	No	80	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	16.4
22	58/M	No	80	Partial	1.8 Gy × 30	28.2
23	64/M	No	70	GTR	1.8 Gy × 30	75.0+
24	71/M	No	50	Biopsy	3.0 Gy × 13	10.1
25	72/M	No	60	Biopsy	1.8 Gy × 30	10.9
26	78/F	No	50	Biopsy	3.0 Gy × 13	9.7
27	78/M	No	50	Biopsy	No	1.8

¹KPS = Karnofsky Performance Status, ²F = Female, ³GTR = Gross total resection, ⁴(+) denotes that the patient is still alive, ⁵M = Male, ⁶N.D. = No data.