Table 2.
Functional outcome scores: Neurologic function, MMSE, and Zubrod performance status scores
| Time Point |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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.