Table 2.

Surgical outcomes of patients with high grade glioma

Age (yr)	Histology	Tumor Location	Extent of Resection	No. Surgeries	Hydrocephalus	Shunt	No. Shunt Revisions	Initial Steroid (mo)*	Survival From Diagnosis (mo)
3	MGN	Temporal	STR	2	No	Yes	0	5*	5
17	Astroblastoma	IV ventricle	GTR	2	Diagnosis	No	0	3	8
13	GBM	Thalamus	BX	4	Diagnosis	Yes	2	1	9
15	GBM	Thalamus	GTR	1	No	No	0	0	12
17	GBM	Thalamus	STR	5	Diagnosis	Yes	2	12*	12
13	GBM	Thalamus	STR	4	Diagnosis	Yes	1	12*	12
21	AA	Thalamus	BX	1	Diagnosis	Yes	0	13*	13
4	AA	Thalamus	BX	3	Diagnosis	Yes	1	16*	16
9	GBM	Thalamus	STR	2	Diagnosis	Yes	0	10	16
19	GBM	Frontal	STR	2	None	No	0	4	16
3	AA	Thalamus	BX	2	None	Yes	0	5	16
24	AA	Midbrain	BX	3	Diagnosis	Yes	1	3	17
8	GBM	Cerebellum	GTR	1	None	No	0	0	18
13	AA	Temporal	STR	2	Diagnosis	Yes	0	18*	18
21	GBM	Thalamus	BX	3	Diagnosis	Yes	1	5*	18
10	AA	Thalamus	BX	3	Diagnosis	Yes	2	19*	19
5	AA	Thalamus	BX	1	None	No	0	1	19
6	AA	FP	BX	1	None	No	0	13	21
7	AA	Occipital	STR	2	None	No	0	0	21
6	MGN	Temporal	STR	4	None	No	0	3	24
9	AA	FP	STR	3	None	No	0	2	28
2	AA	Cerebellum	GTR	6	Diagnosis	Yes	0	1	31
14	AA	Frontal	BX	1	None	No	0	0	38
21	GBM	Frontal	GTR	3	None	No	0	6	41
23	GBM	Parietal	GTR	2	None	No	0	1	52
19	AA	Temporal	GTR	3	None	No	0	1	71
14	GBM	Parietal	STR	2	None	No	0	11	86
7	GBM	Temporal	GTR	3	None	No	0	1	88
13	APXA	Parietal	GTR	2	None	No	0	0	Alive
14	MGN	FT	STR	2	None	No	0	0	Alive
4	AO	PO	GTR	4	None	No	0	0	Alive
6	AA	Frontal	GTR	1	None	No	0	0	Alive
2	AO	Frontal	GTR	1	None	No	0	0	Alive
20	MNC	Thalamus	GTR	2	None	Yes	0	0	Alive

Abbreviations: AA, anaplastic astrocytoma; AO, anaplastic oligodenroglioma; APXA, anaplastic pleomorphic xanthroastrocytoma; BX, biopsy only; FP, frontoparietal; FT, frontotemporal; GBM, glioblastoma; GTR, gross total resection; MGN, malignant glionneuronal tumor; MNC, malignant neurocytoma; PO, parietooccipital; STR, subtotal resection.

*These participants were unable to be weaned off steroids from the time of their diagnosis until their death.