Table 1.
Patient and treatment characteristics.
Number of patients | 12 | ||||
Number of lesions | 32 | ||||
Gender (male/female) | 8 | 4 | |||
% | 67 | 33 | |||
Median | Mean | Range | |||
Age (years) | 34.9 | 35.1 | 13.7 – 71.3 | ||
Pretreatment Karnofsky Performance Status (%) | 80 | 80 | 30 – 100 | ||
Follow-up (months) | 56.7 | 55.7 | 3.2 – 104.2 | ||
Tumor volume (cc) | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.03 – 2.89 | ||
Number of fractions | 1 | 1.3 | 1 – 3 | ||
Dose (Gy) | 15 | 15.6 | 10 – 24 | ||
Prescription isodose (%) | 70 | 71.8 | 70 – 85 | ||
Conformity index | 1.32 | 1.43 | 1.04 – 2.67 | ||
Homogeneity index | 1.43 | 1.39 | 1.18 – 1.43 | ||
Coverage | 97.3 | 93.7 | 76.0 – 99.9 | ||
RRS indication | Primary treatment | Recurrence | Adjuvant treatment | ||
Number of lesions | 19 | 8 | 5 | ||
% | 59 | 25 | 16 | ||
Tumor location | Cervical | Thoracic | Lumbar | ||
Number of lesions | 10 | 18 | 4 | ||
% | 31 | 56 | 13 | ||
Tumor grading (WHO) | II | III | |||
Number of patients | 7 | 5 | |||
% | 58 | 42 | |||
Symptoms | None | Dysesthesia/hypesthesia | Weakness/paralysis | ||
Number of patients | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||
% | 33 | 41 | 58 |
cc, cubic centimeter; Gy, Gray; WHO, World Health Organization.