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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics at recurrence

From: Retrospective analysis to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of Bevacizumab in the treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas

Patients n = 17

n (%)

Characteristics

 Gender

  Male

10 (59%)

  Female

7 (41%)

 Median age, years (range)

50 (26-66)

 Karnofsky performance status

  Median (range)

80 (60-100)

  90-100

4 (24)

  70-80

12 (71)

  60

1 (5)

 Laterality

  Right

5 (29)

  Left

12 (71)

 Lobe

  Fronto-temporal

5 (29)

  Parieto-temporal

3 (18)

  Frontal

2 (12)

  Temporal

4 (24)

  Parietal

1 (5)

  Multilobar

2 (12)

 Histotype

  Glioblastoma multiforme

12 (71)

  Grade III gliomas

5 (29)

 MGMT promoter methylation status at diagnosis

  Methylated

9 (53)

  Unmethylated

3 (18)

  Unknown

5 (29)

 IDH1 status at diagnosis:

  Mutated

5 (29)

  Non mutated

3 (18)

  Unknown

9 (53)

 Surgery at recurrence

  Yes

15 (88)

  No

2 (12)

 Chemotherapy treatment

 First-line therapy

  STUPP (RT/TMZ-TMZ)

17 (100%)

 Line of BEV treatment

  Second

4 (24)

  Third

13 (76)

 BEV treatment

  Monotherapy

13 (76)

  Combined with FTM

4 (24)

 Median cycles received, number (range)

8 (2-40)