Table 1 Patient demographics
Subgroup of biopsy methods | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All cases (n = 70) | Needle biopsy (n = 28) | Craniotomy (n = 42) | p value | |
Median age (years) | 67.5 | 68.5 | 67.0 | 0.8761 |
Sex, male (%) | 38 (54.3) | 19 (67.9) | 19 (45.2) | 0.0627 |
Median KPS | 70 | 60 | 80 | 0.1368 |
Existence of deep-seated lesion (%) | 51 (73.9) | 25 (89.3) | 26 (51.0) | 0.0163 |
Case with multiple lesions (%) | 35 (50.7) | 17 (60.7) | 18 (43.9) | 0.1702 |
Case with elevated LDH (%) | 17 (25.8) | 5 (19.2) | 12 (30.0) | 0.3283 |
MSKCC score | ||||
Class 1 (age ≤ 50 yrs) (%) | 6 (8.8) | 3 (11.1) | 4 (9.8) | 0.0226 |
Class 2 (age > 50 yrs., KPS ≥ 70) (%) | 36 (52.9) | 9 (33.3) | 27 (65.8) | |
Class 3 (age > 50 yrs., KPS < 70) (%) | 26 (38.2) | 15 (55.6) | 10 (24.4) | |
Extent of resection | ||||
Gross total resection (%) | 11 (15.9) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (26.8) | < 0.0001 |
Partial removal (%) | 24 (34.8) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (58.5) | |
Biopsy (%) | 34 (49.3) | 28 (100.0) | 6 (14.6) | |
Chemotherapy (%) | 60 (87.0) | 28 (100.0) | 32 (78.1) | 0.0078 |
Radiotherapy (%) | 48 (69.6) | 17 (60.7) | 31 (75.6) | 0.1867 |