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Table 2 Therapeutic strategies according to WHO grade

From: Retrospective analysis of 104 histologically proven adult brainstem gliomas: clinical symptoms, therapeutic approaches and prognostic factors

 

WHO grade

Total

I

II

III

IV

Therapy

     

 External beam radiation

6 (40.0%)

16 (53.3%)

18 (43.9%)

4 (28.6%)

44 (44.0%)

 Radio-/Chemotherapy

1 (6.7%)

4 (13.3%)

12 (29.3%)

5 (35.7%)

22 (22.0%)

 Interstitial radiosurgery

4 (26.7%)

3 (10.0%)

-

-

7 (7.0%)

 Chemotherapy

-

-

2 (4.9%)

2 (14.3%)

4 (4.0%)

 No tumor specific therapy

4 (26.7%)

7 (23.3%)

9 (22.0%)

3 (21.4%)

23 (23.0%)

Total

15 (100.0%)

30 (100.0%)

41 (100.0%)

14 (100.0%)

100 (100.0%)