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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Jan 6;97(5):910–918. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.01.005

TABLE 1.

Patient/Tumor Characteristics

Characteristic Number of patients (Total=54) %
Sex:
 Male 37 69
 Female 17 31
Median age (years):
 (range)
54
(19–77)
Tumor histology*:
 Glioblastoma, IDH wildtype 30 56
 Glioblastoma, IDH mutant 2 4
 Anaplastic Astrocytoma, IDH wildtype 8 15
 Anaplastic oligodendroglioma, IDH mutant, 1p/19q codeleted 3 6
 Anaplastic Ganglioglioma 1 2
 Diffuse Astrocytoma, IDH wildtype 3 6
 Oligodendroglioma, IDH mutant, 1p/19q codeleted 4 7
 Ganglioglioma 1 2
 Pilocytic Astrocytoma 1 2
 Meningioma 1 2
Tumor location:
 Frontal 19 35
 Temporal 16 29
 Parietal 2 4
 Occipital 3 6
 Temporoparietal 4 7
 Frontoparietal 2 4
 Temporoccipital 1 2
 Frontotemporal 1 2
 Parietooccipital 1 2
 Thalamus 2 4
 Cavernous Sinus 1 2
 Cerebellum 1 2
Surgery:
 Gross total resection 23 43
 Subtotal resection 25 46
 Biopsy 5 9
 None§ 1 2
Median time from resection to pre-RT MRI (weeks):
 (range)
3.9
(2–20)
Radiation therapy dose, Gy (fraction size):
 60 (2) 41 76
 59.4 (1.8) 6 11
 55.8 (1.8) 1 2
 54 (1.8) 3 6
 50.4 (1.8) 3 6
Systemic therapy
 Temozolomide** alone 19 35
 Temozolomide** + bevacizumab 4 7
 Temozolomide** + bevacizumab + other chemotherapy†† 7 13
 Temozolomide** + other clinical trial‡‡ 9 17
 Temozolomide§§ + other chemotherapy*** 14 26
 None 1 2
Additional local therapy
 Tumor treating fields 2 4
*

Per 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System(42)

Isocitrate Dehydrogenase

Combined loss of the short arm of chromosome 1 (“1p”) and the long arm of chromosome 19 (“19q”)

§

Tumor was diagnosed as meningioma without histopathology.

**

Temozolomide given concurrently with radiotherapy for all of these patients.

††

Carboplatin (n=5), CCNU (n=2), irinotecan (n=1), erlotinib (n=1), veliparib (n=1), buparsilib (n=1), ipilimumab (n=1), everolimus (n=1), cilengitide (given concurrently with radiotherapy) (n=1), dasatinib (n=1).

‡‡

Oncolytic retrovirus clinical trial (n=5), tumor antigen vaccine clinical trial (n=2), dendritic cell vaccine (n=2). Patients in this category also received: CCNU (n=4), carboplatin (n=3), nilotinib (n=2), capecitabine (n=1), everolimus (n=1), palbociclib (n=1), galunisertib (n=1), irinotecan (n=1).

§§

Temozolomide given concurrently with radiotherapy in 13 of these 14 patients.

***

CCNU (n=9), carboplatin (n=9), irinotecan (n=4), galunisertib (n=2), nilotinib (n=2), erlotinib (n=1), palbociclib (n=1), mipsargargin (n=1), thalidomide (n=1), etoposide (n=1), trametinib (n=1), debrafinib (n=1), rapamycin (n=1), lapatinib (n=1), vemurafenib (n=1), pemetrexed (n=1).