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. 2020 Mar 13;126(12):2802–2810. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32828

Table 2.

Overall Survival and Progression‐Free Survival Rates of All 50 Patients With High‐Grade Glioma

Characteristics No. of Patients OS (95% CI), % PFS (95% CI), %
12‐Month OS 18‐Month OS P 12‐Month PFS 18‐Month PFS P
Sex   .705   .786      
Men 30 86.2 (71.7‐100) 77.2 (55.8‐98.6)   79.2 (62.5‐95.7) 54.8 (31.9‐77.7)  
Women 20 83.1 (65.7‐100) 66.7 (40.6‐91.6)   68.2 (45.5‐89.1) 68.2 (45.5‐89.1)  
Age, y   .019   .060      
<50 22 100 92.9 (79.4‐100)   94.7 (84.7‐100) 76.7 (52.8‐100)  
≥50 28 79.3 (63.2‐95.6) 60.9 (38.6‐83.2)   60.0 (40.4‐79.6) 48.3 (26.7‐69.9)  
Resection degree   .260   .282      
Partial/biopsy 11 86.7 (62.4‐100) 86.7 (62.4‐100)   80.4 (56.1‐100) 80.4 (56.1‐100)  
Subtotal 22 76.7 (56.3‐97.1) 57.8 (29.8‐85.8)   69.6 (49.0‐90.2) 52.2 (26.3‐78.1)  
Total 17 92.0 (76.9‐100) 79.7 (53.8‐100)   76.4 (54.4‐98.4) 57.3 (28.3‐86.3)  
Symptom duration, mo   .531     .547    
>2 21 94.6 (84.2‐100) 86.4 (68.4‐100)   83.8 (66.6‐100) 60.5 (29.7‐91.3)  
≤2 29 78.3 (61.2‐95.4) 65.7 (44.3‐87.1)   66.8 (47.8‐85.8) 56.5 (35.7‐77.3)  
KPS   .022     .058    
>80 37 85.8 (72.7‐98.9) 79.5 (62.4‐96.6)   81.6 (68.1‐95.1) 72.3 (55.2‐89.4)  
≤80 13 81.8 (58.7‐100) 53.7 (17.0‐90.4)   64.1 (35.3‐92.9) 30.5 (0.5‐60.5)  
Histology: WHO grade   .023     .002    
4 34 77.4 (61.3‐93.5) 61.0 (40.0‐82.0)   61.3 (42.9‐79.7) 42.7 (22.7‐62.7)  
3 16 100 100   100 100  
IDH gene   .139     .012    
Wild type 37 79.4 (64.5‐94.3) 62.8 (42.0‐83.6)   64.7 (47.5‐81.9) 45.8 (26.0‐65.6)  
Mutant 13 100 100   100 100  
MGMT promoter   .337   .058      
Methylated 22 94.1 (82.9‐100) 87.1 (70.4‐100)   90.8 (70.8‐100.0) 75.6 (53.8‐97.4)  
Unmethylated/NA 28 82.1 (66.0‐98.2) 57.6 (30.9‐84.3)   59.4 (38.2‐80.6) 45.2 (21.5‐68.9)  
Radiation necrosis   .237   .978      
Yes 11 90.9 (73.8‐100) 67.8 (36.6‐99.0)   72.7 (46.4‐99.0) 60.6 (29.8‐91.4)  
No 39 86.5 (74.0‐99.0) 75.3 (56.9‐93.7)   74.5 (58.8‐90.2) 59.5 (39.9‐79.1)  
Pseudoprogression   .865   .408      
Yes 7 100 100   100 50 (0.0‐100) a  
No 43 83.2 (70.8‐95.5) 69.9 (52.4‐87.3)   70.7 (55.8‐85.6) 59.3 (42.2‐76.4)  

Abbreviations: KPS, Karnofsky performance status; MGMT, O‐6‐methylguanine‐DNA methyltransferase; NA, not available; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression‐free survival; WHO, World Health Organization.

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Only 1 patient had 18‐month follow‐up.