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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The preliminary results of proton and carbon ion therapy for chordoma and chondrosarcoma of the skull base and cervical spine

Parameter

 

Total N = 91(%)

Age (years)/ Median (range)

 

38(14–76)

Gender

Female

40(44.0)

 

Male

51(56.0)

Histology

Chordoma

77(84.6)

 

Chondrosarcoma

14(15.4)

Tumor site

Skull base

85(93.4)

 

Cervical spinal

6(6.6)

KPS scores

100

26(19.8)

 

90

47(51.6)

 

80

18(19.8)

GTV/Median (range, cc)

 

37.0(1.6–231.7)

 

≤60 cc

62(68.1)

 

>60 cc

29(31.9)

Brainstem compression

No

32(35.2)

 

Abutment

14(15.4)

 

Yes

45(49.5)

Optic apparatus compression

No

51(56)

 

Yes

40(44)

Any compression

No

22(24.2)

 

Yes

69(75.8)

Symptom

headache

45(49.5)

 

cranial nerve injury

68(74.7)

 

endocrine dyscrasia

8(8.8)

Recurrent disease

No

46(50.5)

 

Yes

45(49.5)

Re-radiotherapy

No

77(84.6)

 

Yes

14(15.4)

Number of surgeries

1

49(53.8)

 

2

31(34.1)

 

≥3

11(12.1)