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. 2013 Aug 5;8(8):e70745. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070745

Table 1. Patient and Tumor Characteristics.

Subcategory n (%)
Age (years)
<50 20 (22%)
≥50 72 (78%)
median (range) 57 (31–79)
Sex
female 31 (34%)
male 61 (66%)
KPS
90–100 76 (83%)
70–80 13 (14%)
<70 2 (2%)
Working/Not Working
W 77 (84%)
NW 15 (16%)
RPA
3 19 (21%)
4 49 (53%)
5 24 (26%)
Extent of Surgery
Gross total resection 32 (35%)
Subtotal resection 44 (48%)
Biopsy only 16 (17%)
Bevacizumab at 1st recurrence
Yes 29 (41%)
No 33 (47%)
Concurrent temozolomide
Yes 83 (90%)
No 9 (10%)
Adjuvant temozolomide
Yes 69 (75%)
No 18 (20%)
Corticosteroids during RT
Yes 67 (73%)
No 25 (27%)
Levetiracetam during RT
Yes 56 (61%)
No 36 (39%)
Hemisphere
right 38 (41%)
left 53 (58%)
both 1 (1%)
Location
Temporal 23 (25%)
Parietal 18 (20%)
Frontal 22 (24%)
Occipital 2 (2%)
Temporal-Parietal 5 (5%)
Occipital-Parietal 6 (7%)
Frontal-Temporal 6 (7%)
Frontal-Parietal 4 (4%)
Other 5 (5%)
Failures
central 49 (88%)
marginal 4 (7%)
distant 3 (5%)
Tumor Location
Periventricular 27 (29%)
Nonperiventricular 59 (64%)
Unsure 6 (7%)

Abbreviations: KPS, Karnofsky Performance Status; W, Working; NW, Not working; RPA, Recursive Partitioning Analysis; RT, Radiation Therapy. Patient demographics, treatment details, and characteristics of primary tumor before surgery/chemoirradiation.