Table 1 Demographic data, tumor characteristics and treatment strategies of patients
Clinicopathological parameters | Frequency(%) | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 190 (56.72) |
Female | 145 (43.28) | |
Epilepsy | No | 238 (71.04) |
Yes | 97 (28.96) | |
Location of lesion | Parietal and/or junction | 35 (10.45) |
Forehead | 89 (26.57) | |
Fronto-temporal | 18 (5.37) | |
Brainstem | 12 (3.58) | |
Cerebellum | 10 (2.99) | |
Right temporal | 77 (22.99) | |
Left temporal | 21 (6.27) | |
Other | 73 (21.79) | |
Pathological type | Malignant astrocytoma | 21 (6.27) |
Malignant oligodendroglioma | 16 (4.78) | |
Glioblastoma | 134 (40.00) | |
Diffuse glioma | 49 (14.63) | |
Oligodendroglioma | 32 (9.55) | |
Astrocytoma | 23 (6.87) | |
Other | 23 (6.87) | |
Unknown | 37 (11.04) | |
Tumor grade | 1 | 10 (3.21) |
2 | 87 (27.88) | |
3 | 60 (19.23) | |
4 | 155 (49.68) | |
Lesion number | Single | 303 (90.45) |
Multiple | 32 (9.55) | |
Surgical treatment | No | 56 (16.72) |
Yes | 279 (83.28) | |
Surgical approach | Subtotal resection | 67 (24.01) |
Gross resection | 205 (73.48) | |
Unknown | 7 (2.51) | |
Radiotherapy | No | 51 (15.22) |
Yes | 115 (34.33) | |
Unknown | 169 (50.45) | |
Chemotherapy | No | 52 (15.52) |
Yes | 116 (34.63) | |
Unknown | 167 (49.85) | |