Table 3.

Survival of central nervous system lymphoma patients in Korea by gender, year of diagnosis (1999-2007), and age at diagnosis

Characteristic	No.	Median survival (mo)	Kaplan-Meier survival (%)			p-value
			1 yr	3 yr	5 yr
Total	688	21.0	60.2	39.1	29.9
Gender						0.099
Male	416	19.0	55.5	37.5	28.7
Female	272	24.0	67.3	41.5	31.8
Year of diagnosis						0.157
1999-2001	161	18.0	57.1	34.8	23.0
2002-2004	227	21.0	63.9	38.8	32.2
2005-2007	300	22.5	59.0	41.7	31.3
Age group (yr)						< 0.001
0-14	13	NA	69.2	69.2	61.5
15-39	83	NA	71.1	62.7	58.4
40-49	114	33.0	71.9	48.3	40.4
50-59	188	28.0	66.5	44.7	28.5
60-69	199	16.0	55.3	31.2	22.6
≥ 70	91	6.0	31.9	7.7	3.7

NA, not applicable.