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. 2016 Apr 12;8(4):e567. doi: 10.7759/cureus.567

Table 1. Patient characteristics by treatment group.

RT*: Patients in the adjuvant therapy group had either traditional fractioned radiotherapy (XRT, n: 175) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS, n: 88).

  Patient Characteristics   Predictors of
  Total RT* No RT   p-value RT* over no RT
Variable (n=1964) (n=263) (n=1701) Odds Ratio (95%CI)
Age, n (%) 0.0300  
  66-74 1058 (53.87) 158 (60.08) 900 (52.91)   Reference
  75+ 906 (46.13) 105 (39.92) 801 (47.09)   0.730 (0.548-0.973)
Gender, n (%) 0.0006  
  Male 633 (32.23) 109 (41.44) 524 (30.81)   Reference
  Female 1331 (67.77) 154 (58.56) 1177 (69.19)   0.731 (0.547-0.978)
Race, n (%) 0.7113  
  White 1615 (82.23) 214 (81.37) 1401 (82.36)   Reference
  Black 166 (8.45) 21 (7.98) 145 (8.52)   0.865 (0.515-1.453)
  Other 183 (9.32) 28 (10.65) 155 (9.11)   1.006 (0.636-1.589)
Marital status, n (%) 0.0013  
  Married 1044 (53.16) 164 (62.36) 880 (51.73)   Reference
  Unmarried/unknown 920 (46.84) 99 (37.64) 821 (48.27)   0.692 (0.515-0.929)
Laterality, n (%) 0.4254  
  Right 764 (38.90) 96 (36.50) 668 (39.27)   Reference
  Left 773 (39.36) 102 (38.78) 671 (39.45)   1.073 (0.786-1.465)
  Other/Unknown 427 (21.74) 65 (24.71) 362 (21.28)   0.846 (0.573-1.248)
Grade <.0001  
  Grade I 136 (6.92) 11 (4.18) 125 (7.35)   Reference
  Grade II/III 46 (2.34) 18 (6.84) 28 (1.65)   5.586 (2.135-13.589)
  Unknown 1782 (90.73) 234 (88.97) 1548 (91.01)   1.836 (0.944-3.589)
Surgery extent, n (%) <.0001  
  Local excision 524 (26.68) 59 (22.43) 465 (27.34)   Reference
  Partial excision 352 (17.92) 92 (34.98) 260 (15.29)   1.312 (0.912-1.889)
  Gross total excision 1088(55.40) 112 (42.59) 976 (57.38)   3.230 (2.327-4.484)
Diagnosis year <.0001  
  2000-2003 57 (2.90) 28 (10.65) 29 (1.70)   Reference
  2004 279 (14.21) 33 (12.55) 246 (14.46)   0.131 (0.064-0.268)
  2005 326 (16.60) 52 (19.77) 274 (16.11)   0.214 (0.108-0.424)
  2006 328 (16.70) 38 (14.45) 290 (17.05)   0.154 (0.076-0.312)
  2007 327 (16.65) 38 (15.45) 289 (16.99)   0.139 (0.069-0.282)
  2008 316 (16.09) 43 (16.35) 273 (16.05)   0.172 (0.085-0.346)
  2009 331 (16.85) 31 (11.79) 300 (17.64)   0.102 (0.049-0.211)
Tumor size, n (%) <.0001  
  0-49 cm 928 (47.25) 93 (35.36) 835 (49.09)   Reference
  50+ cm 520 (26.48) 96 (36.50) 424 (24.93)   1.850 (1.332-2.567)
  unknown 516 (26.27) 74 (28.14) 442 (25.98)   1.316 (0.931-1.860)
Gagne comorbidity score    
  Mean (SD) 0.56 (1.23) 0.62 (1.41) 0.55 (1.20)   One unit increase
  Median (Q1-Q3) 0.31 (-0.20, 1.00) 0.33 (-0.20, 1.16) 0.30 (-0.20, 1.00) 0.5080 1.005 (0.902-1.120)