TABLE 2.
A Crowdsourcing Approach Revealed Consensus Among Neurosurgeons Regarding the Equipoise of GTR or SpTR for Anatomically Distinct GBMs
| Case # | Tumor location | Probably or definitely no, N (%) | Maybe, N (%) | Probably or definitely yes, N (%) | Sample variance | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | |||||
| 8 | R Frontal | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (90.5) | 1.13 | 
| 19 | L Ant Temporal | 3 (15.8) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (84.2) | 1.33 | 
| 3 | R Ant Temporal | 4 (21.0) | 1 (5.3) | 14 (73.7) | 2.11 | 
| Group B | |||||
| 1 | R Cerebellum | 7 (36.9) | 2 (10.5) | 10 (52.6) | 1.92 | 
| 16 | R Parietal | 4 (21.0) | 5 (26.3) | 10 (52.6) | 1.59 | 
| 18 | R Occipital | 9 (47.4) | 2 (10.5) | 8 (42.1) | 2.44 | 
| 9 | R Ant + Post-temporal | 11 (55.0) | 2 (10.0) | 7 (35.0) | 2.12 | 
| 10 | R Post-temporal | 9 (45.0) | 4 (20.0) | 7 (35.0) | 1.92 | 
| 11 | L Wernicke's | 10 (50.0) | 3 (15.0) | 7 (35.0) | 1.91 | 
| 4 | L Occipital | 10 (52.6) | 3 (15.8) | 6 (31.6) | 1.84 | 
| 15 | R Insular | 12 (63.1) | 2 (10.5) | 5 (26.3) | 1.82 | 
| 21 | L Parietal | 13 (68.4) | 2 (10.5) | 4 (21.1) | 1.54 | 
| 7 | L Frontal | 13 (65.0) | 4 (20.0) | 3 (15.0) | 1.19 | 
| Group C | |||||
| 2 | L Post-temporal | 15 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (25.0) | 2.03 | 
| 17 | Butterfly | 17 (89.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (10.5) | 1.25 | 
| 14 | Anterior Butterfly | 16 (84.2) | 1 (5.3) | 2 (10.5) | 1.04 | 
| 6 | Posterior Butterfly | 19 (90.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (9.5) | 1.16 | 
| 5 | Multicentric | 18 (94.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.3) | 0.87 | 
| 20 | Brainstem | 18 (94.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.3) | 0.58 | 
| 12 | SMA | 16 (80.0) | 3 (15.0) | 1 (5.0) | 0.77 | 
| 13 | L Insular + Broca's | 19 (95.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.0) | 0.88 | 
| 22 | L Thalamus | 19 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.05 | 
Group A: >70% strong consensus to randomize, group B: no overwhelming consensus, and group C: >70% strong consensus to not randomize.
R: right; L: left; Ant: anterior; Post: posterior.