Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

		Patients (N = 50)		Caregivers (N = 32)
		N	%	N	%
Age	–	Median: 50	Range: 18–77	Median: 51	Range: 28–81
Sex	Female	16	32	19	59
	Male	34	68	13	41
Race	White	36	72	23	72
	Black	4	8	2	6
	Asian/South Asian	4	8	3	9
	Unknown	6	12	4	13
Education	High school	5	10	1	3
	Vocational training	6	12	2	6
	Some college	6	12	3	9
	College graduate	17	34	14	44
	Postgraduate	16	32	12	38
WHO tumor grade	III	16	32
	IV	34	68
Location	Frontal lobe	26	52
	Occipital	1	2
	Parietal lobe	8	16
	Temporal lobe	10	20
	Nonhemispheric	5	10
Side	Left	11	22
	Right	38	76
	Bilateral or midline	1	2
Disease status	Not recurrent	17	34
	One recurrence	9	18
	Multiply (>1) recurrent	24	48
Therapeutic trial	Participated	33	66
	Never participated	27	34