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Table 1 Patients’ and tumor characteristics

From: Hippocampus-sparing radiotherapy using volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) to the primary brain tumor: the result of dosimetric study and neurocognitive function assessment

 

Number

 

Percent

Median Age (range)

49.5 yrs. (26-77)

Sex

 Male

11

 

42.3

 Female

15

 

57.7

Diagnosis

 WHO I

  Pituitary adenoma

2

4

15.4

  Megingioma

1

  Craniopharyngioma

1

 WHO II

  Oligodendroglioma

3

8

30.8

  Atypical meningioma

3

  Diffuse astrocytoma

1

  Ependymoma

1

 WHO III

  Anaplastic astrocytoma

2

6

23.1

  Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

2

  Anaplastic meningioma

1

  Anaplastic hemangiopericytoma

1

 WHO IV

  Glioblastoma

7

8

30.8

  Gliosarcoma

1

Surgery

 GTR/STR

22

 

84.6

 Bx only/No surgery

4

 

15.4

Concurrent Chemotherapy

8

 

30.8

Location

 Frontal

5

 

19.2

 Parietal

5

 

19.2

 Temporal

6

 

23.1

 Ocippital

1

 

3.8

 Temporo-parietal

2

 

7.7

 Fronto-temporal

1

 

3.8

 Fronto-Prietal

1

 

3.8

 Central

5

 

19.2

Planning Target Volume (PTV)

 Vol(cc)

173.1 cm3 (30.3-493.6)

 Prescribed dose

60 Gy (40-60)

  1. GTR gross total resection; STR, subtotal resection