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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Nov 29;106(4):790–799. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.11.028

Table 2.

Functional outcome scores: Neurologic function, MMSE, and Zubrod performance status scores

Time Point
Measure Baseline End of RT Year 3
Neurologic function n = 53 n = 53 n = 36
 No symptoms 23 (43.4%) 28 (52.8%) 12 (33.3%)
 Minor symptoms 21 (39.6%) 15 (28.3%) 5 (13.9%)
 Moderate symptoms 9 (17.0%) 2 (3.8%) 5 (13.9%)
 Severe symptoms 0 0 1 (2.8%)
 Unknown 0 8 (15.1%) 13 (36.1%)
MMSE total score n = 51 n = 47 n = 27
 Median 29 29 30
 Range 11–30 19–30 24–30
 First and third quartiles 27, 30 27, 30 29, 30
Zubrod performance status score n = 53 n = 53 n = 36
 0 28 (52.8%) 31 (58.5%) 15 (41.7%)
 1 25 (47.2%) 12 (22.6%) 4 (11.1%)
 2 0 4 (7.5%) 3 (8.3%)
 3 0 0 2 (5.6%)
 4 0 1 (1.9%) 1 (2.8%)
 Unknown 0 5 (9.4%) 11 (30.6%)

Abbreviations: MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; RT = radiation therapy.