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. 2021 Jul 28;89(4):712–719. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab257

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.