Table 1. Clinio-pathological characteristics of 181 patients of astrocytomas.
| Variable | Histological Classification (WHO) | ||
| Grade II | Grade III | Grade IV | |
| Number of patients | 61 | 27 | 93 |
| Age (Years) | |||
| ≤50 | 54 | 16 | 32 |
| >50 | 7 | 11 | 61 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 46 | 16 | 62 |
| Female | 15 | 11 | 31 |
| Seisure | |||
| No | 40 | 25 | 84 |
| Yes | 21 | 2 | 9 |
| IICP | |||
| No | 46 | 16 | 50 |
| Yes | 15 | 11 | 43 |
| MTD | |||
| <5 cm | 32 | 10 | 38 |
| ≥5 cm | 29 | 17 | 55 |
| Extent of surgery | |||
| Total | 49 | 22 | 69 |
| Sub-total | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| Partial | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Biopsy | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Yes | 33 | 18 | 67 |
| No | 28 | 9 | 26 |
| Chemothearpy | |||
| Yes | 33 | 17 | 70 |
| No | 28 | 10 | 23 |
| Follow-up (months) | |||
| Range | 0–114 (n = 56)* | 3–80 (n = 25)* | 0–102 (n = 89)* |
| Median | 73 | 28 | 12 |
| Recurrence | 44.6% | 84.0% | 94.4% |
| Death | 39.3% | 76.0% | 91.0% |
Abbreviations: IICP, increased intracranial pressure; MTD, mean tumor diameter.
*
The survival data of 11 patients, including 5 diffuse astrocytomas (Grade II), 2 anaplastic astrocytomas (Grade III) and 4 glioblastomas (Grade IV) was not available.