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Table 1 Patient characteristics (n = 19)

From: [(18)F]Fluoroethyltyrosine- positron emission tomography-guided radiotherapy for high-grade glioma

Characteristics

n (%)

Gender

 

   Female

10(53)

   Male

9(47)

Age (years)

 

   Median

53.5

   Range

20.9 – 75.0

Karnofsky performance status

 

   70

5(26)

   80

7(37)

   90

3(16)

   100

4(21)

Type of surgery

 

   Biopsy

10(52)

   Subtotal removal

8(42)

   Gross total removal

0(0)

   None*

1(5.5)

Histology

 

   Glioma, grade WHO IV*

14(74)

   Glioma, grade WHO III

5(26)

MiB1 (%) n = 16

 

   Median

15

   Range

5 – 50

Glioma

 

   De novo presentation (primary)

17(89)

   Secondary

2(11)

Localisation

 

   Frontal

10(52)

   Temporal

4(21)

   Parietal

3(16)

   Thalamus

1(5.5)

   Brainstem*

1(5.5)

  1. *Heterogeneous brainstem mass in T1-weighted MRI images, with a subtle rim of peripheral enhancement after gadolinium enhancement, considered a grade IV glioma in one patient