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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Jan;42(1):E6. doi: 10.3171/2016.9.FOCUS16369

TABLE 1.

Tumor characteristics in 811 lesions treated between 2003 and 2015

Characteristic Total No. No. of Local Failures Crude Failure (%)
Treated levels
 Cervical 85 4 5
 Thoracic 391 13 3
 Lumbar 258 7 3
 Sacrum 77 4 5
Histological findings
 Radiosensitive
  Breast 32 1 3
  Cervical 10 0 0
  Prostate 91 5 6
  Uterine 13 1 8
  Total 146 7 5
 Radioresistant
  Renal cell carcinoma 170 5 1
  Sarcoma 113 3 3
  Thyroid cancer 54 2 4
  Chordoma 32 3 9
  Colorectal 71 1 1
  Esophageal 25 1 4
  Hepatobiliary 27 0 0
  Adenoid cystic head & neck 17 1 6
  Non–small cell lung carcinoma 102 1 1
  Melanoma 48 3 6
  Nonseminomatous 6 1 17
  Total 665 21 3
All 811 28 3