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. 2020 Jun 13;33(6):1321–1332. doi: 10.1007/s40620-020-00775-4

Table 4.

Characteristics of donors and recipients with glioblastoma

Donors = 3
 Age [mean (SD), median (range)] 37 (7.1); 37 (32-42)
 Gender

M = 2 (67)

NA = 1 (33)

 Donor type D = 3 (100)
 Cause of death

CNS malignancy = 1 (33)

NA = 2 (67)

 Donor study NA = 3 (100)
No autopsies were performed; in all donors history of glioblastoma was known
Recipients = 6
 Age (mean (SD), median (range)) 31.5 (11.8); 27.5 (23-48)
 Gender

M = 2 (33)

F = 2 (33)

NA = 2 (33)

 Localization

Graft only = 4 (67)

Metastasizing = 2 (33)

 Treatment

Nx only = 5 (83)

Nx-other = 1 (17)

 Immunosuppression

Withdrawal = 4 (67)

NA = 2 (33)

Available follow-up was 10–36 months; one of the recipients with metastasizing disease died

All data apart from age are in absolute number and percentage in parentheses

CNS central nervous system, D deceased donor, F female, M male, NA not available, Nx explants nephrectomy, SD standard deviation