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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Impact of waiting time after surgery and overall time of postoperative radiochemotherapy on treatment outcome in glioblastoma multiforme

 

All patients

Characteristics

Number

Percentage

Age at diagnosis, median (range) [years]

62 (23–86)

 

ECOG-status before radiotherapy

  

  0 (KPS 90–100)

55

14.9

  1 (KPS 70–90)

230

62.3

  2 (KPS < 70)

84

22.8

RPA class before radiotherapy

  

  III

21

5.7

  IV

192

52.0

  V

152

41.2

  Unknown

4

1.1

MGMT promoter status

  

  Unmethylated

30

8.1

  Methylated

23

6.2

  Unknown

316

85.6

Extent of resection

  

  Gross total resection

176

47.7

  Partial resection

155

42.0

  Biopsy only

24

6.5

  Undeterminable

14

3.8

Simultaneous chemotherapy

248

67.2

Fractionation

  

  33 × 1.8 Gy ∑ 59.4 Gy

187

50.7

  30 × 2.0 Gy ∑ 60.0 Gy

182

49.3

  1. Abbreviations: KPS-Karnofsky performance status scale. ECOG-Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group