TABLE II.

Comparisons of patient and tumor characteristics between the CR and NR groups.

	CR (N = 25)	NR (N = 43)	p-value
Mean patient’s age	9.2 ± 11.7	51.1 ± 9.1	0.53
Mean tumor volume	5077.20 ± 5778	8453.93 ± 15137	0.20
Mean tumor necrotic volume	2383.6 ± 3139.1	4478.7 ± 9045.2	0.27
Mean ratio between necrosis and total tumor volumes	41% ± 13%	43% ± 16%	0.58
Mean tumor diameter (RECIST)	440.3 ± 160.0	439.9 ± 145.0	0.99
Mean average tumor enhancement	475.5 ± 126.0	451.5 ± 126.0	0.46
Mean tumor enhancement STD	122.0 ± 16.6	122.4 ± 18.9	0.92
Mean enhancement area average	585.6 ± 144.8	568.9 ± 154.0	0.66