Table 1:

Patient characteristics

	Histologic Diagnosis
	Diffuse Astrocytoma (WHO II)	Anaplastic Astrocytoma (WHO III)	Glioblastoma (WHO IV)
No. of patients	15	15	13
Male/female ratio	7:8	6:9	8:5
Median age (yr) (range)	54 (17–70)	52 (15–73)	57 (28–67)