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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurooncol. 2019 Mar 13;143(1):137–144. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03147-6

Table 2:

Tumor Characteristics/Outcomes

n (%)
Management (n = 26)
 Surgical Resection 11 (64.7)
 Stereotactic Radiosurgery 3 (17.6)
 Both Surgery and Radiation (SRS or EBRT) 3 (17.6)
 Observation 9 (34.6)
WHO Grade (n = 14 resections)
 I 11 (78.6)
 II 3 (21.4)
Histological Subtype (n = 13 avail. for review)
 Transitional 8 (61.5)
 Fibrous 3 (23.1)
 Meningothelial 1 (7.7)
 Meningothelial with focal rhabdoid features 1 (7.7)
Progesterone Receptor Positive (n = 11 avail. for IHC)
 WHO Grade 1 (n=10) 9 (90.0)
 WHO Grade 2 (n = l) 1 (100.0)
Estrogen Receptor Positive (n = 11 avail. for IHC)
 WHO Grade l (n = 10) 1 (10)
 WHO Grade 2 (n = l) 0 (0)
Location (n = 26)
 Skull Base 6 (23.1)
  Anterior Fossa 1 (3.8)
  Middle Fossa 2 (7.7)
  Posterior Fossa 3 (11.5)
 Convexity 7 (26.9)
 Falx/Parasagittal 8 (30.8)
 Multiple 5 (19.2)
Tumor Volume at Surgery (cm3)
 Mean (cm3, range) 7.0 (3.1–28.7)
Largest Tumor Dimension at Treatment (cm)
 Mean (cm, range) 2.2 (1.8–3.8)
Extent of Resection (n = 14)
 Gross Total 10 (71.4)
 Subtotal 3 (21.4)
 Both (for different tumors) 1 (7.1)
Recurrence (n = 14) 1 (7.1)

Abbreviations: Avail, available; IHC, immunohistochemistry