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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurooncol. 2016 Jan 4;127(1):165–171. doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-2028-2

Table 1.

Demographic, clinical and treatment data by pre- and post-2004

Total (n = 196) Pre-2004 (n = 74) Post-2004 (n = 122) p value
Average age (SD) (year)s 46.6 (14.6) 46.2 (14.9) 46.9 (14.4) 0.75
Gender (n, % male) 112 (57 %) 45 (61 %) 67 (55 %) 0.46
Ethnicity (n, %)
  White 170 (87 %) 61 (82 %) 109 (89 %) 0.17
  Black 17 (9 %) 7 (9 %) 10 (8 %)
  Other 9 (4 %) 6 (9 %) 3 (3 %)
KPS > 60 (n, %) 157 (80 %) 59 (80 %) 98 (80 %) 1.00
Surgery (n, %)
  Biopsy 60 (31 %) 27 (36 %) 33 (27 %) 0.39
  STR 73 (37 %) 25 (34 %) 48 (39 %)
  GTR 63 (32 %) 22 (30 %) 41 (34 %)
Chemotherapy agent (n, %)
  Temozolomide 116 (59 %) 1 (1 %) 115 (94 %) <0.001
  PCV 2 (1 %) 2 (3 %) 0 (0 %)
  Gliadel® 7 (3 %) 6 (8 %) 1 (1 %)

SD standard deviation, KPS Karnofsky performance status, STR subtotal resection, GTR gross total resection, cGy centigray, PCV procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine