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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurooncol. 2017 Dec 20;137(2):303–311. doi: 10.1007/s11060-017-2718-z

Table 1 |.

Patient Characteristics of Primary and Secondary Gliosarcomas

Patient Characteristics Total Gliosarcoma Primary Gliosarcoma Secondary Gliosarcoma P-value
Baseline Demographics 32 patients 22 patients 10 patients
 Median Age, years (range) 61.5 (33–77) 62 (33–77) 60.5 (39–70)
  <50 25.0% 27.3% 20.0% 0.307
  ≥50–≤70 40.6% 31.8% 60.0%
  <70 34.4% 40.9% 20.0%
 Median KPS (range) 80% (60–100%) 80% (60–90%) 80% (70–100%) -
 RTOG RPA Class 0.559
  III - - -
  IV 76.9% 85.7% 66.7%
  V/VI 23.1% 14.3% 33.3%
 Gender 0.703
  Male 65.6% 68.2% 60%
  Female 34.4% 31.8% 40%
 Ethnicity 1.000
  Caucasian 85.7% 83.3% 90%
  Hispanic 14.3% 16.7% 10%
  African-American - - -
  Asian - - -
Tumor Characteristics
 Neuroanatomic Localization 0.045
  Multilobar 33.3% 40.5% 10.0%
  Temporal 23.3% 30.0% 10.0%
  Frontal 26.7% 10.0% 60.0%
  Parietal 10.0% 10.0% 10.0%
  Occipital 6.7% 5.0% 10.0%
  Meningeal 3.1% 4.5% 0.0%
 Laterality
  Unilateral 90.6% 100.0% 70.0% 0.024
  Bilateral 9.4% - 30.0%
Treatment Characteristics
 Surgical Extent of Resection
  Gross total resection 56.7% 63.6% 30.0%
  Near-total resection/Subtotal resection 43.3% 27.3% 70.0%
  Biopsy - - -
Adjuvant Radiotherapy
 Yes 84.4% 77.3% 100.0%*
 No 15.6% 22.7% -
Median RT Dose, Gy (IQR) 60 (40.5–60) 59.4 (40.5–60) 60 (45–60)
Temozolomide
 Yes 65.6% 63.6% 70.0%*
 No 34.4% 36.4% 30.0%
Salvage Treatments
 Reresection 41.9% 47.6% 30.0%
 Stereotactic radiosurgery 3.1% 4.5% 0.0%
 Systemic therapy 37.5% 36.4% 40.0%
 Re-RT/Immunotherapy 6.3% 4.5% 10.0%
*

Refers to treatment following initial diagnosis of high-grade glioma prior to developing secondary gliosarcoma.