Research Article
Prognostic Factors of Gliosarcoma in the Real World: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of 45 GSM cases.
(a) |
| Characteristics | Number of patients () | Proportion (%) |
| Relapse | 30 | 66.7 | Death | 24 | 53.3 | Age | | | Average age, years | 53.2 | | Median age, years | 56 | | <60 | 26 | 57.8 | ≥60 | 19 | 42.2 | Sex | | | Male | 32 | 71.1 | Female | 13 | 28.9 | KPS | | | ≤70 | 15 | 33.3 | >70 | 30 | 66.7 | Primary or secondary | | | Primary GSM | 37 | 82.2 | Secondary GSM | 8 | 17.8 | GBM-origined | 5 | 11.1 | Non-GBM-origined | 3 | 6.6 | Number of lesions | | | Single | 44 | 97.8 | Multiple | 1 | 2.2 | Size, diameter | | | ≤3 cm | 13 | 28.9 | >3 cm | 32 | 71.1 | Location | | | Temporal | 19 | 42.2 | Frontal | 12 | 26.7 | Parietal | 5 | 11.1 | Basal ganglia | 4 | 8.9 | Callosum | 3 | 6.7 | Thalamus | 1 | 2.2 | Brainstem | 1 | 2.2 | Laterality | | | Left | 20 | 44.4 | Right | 16 | 35.6 | Profound | 9 | 20.0 | Epileptic seizure | | | No | 40 | 88.9 | Yes | 5 | 11.1 | Intracranial hypertension | | | No | 9 | 20.0 | Yes | 36 | 80.0 | Level of Ki-67 | | | ≤15% | 15 | 33.3 | >15% | 30 | 66.7 | Resection range | | | GTR | 41 | 91.1 | STR/NTR | 4 | 8.9 | Biopsy | 0 | 0 | Radiotherapy | | | No | 11 | 24.4 | Yes | 33 | 73.3 | Missing | 1 | 2.2 | Dose, mean (SD) | 57.97 (2.75) | | Concurrent TMZ | | | No | 11 | 24.4 | Yes | 33 | 73.3 | Missing | 1 | 2.2 | Adjuvant TMZ | | | No | 12 | 26.7 | Yes | 32 | 71.1 | Missing | 1 | 2.2 |
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| Gene locus | Wild-type (%) | Mutated (%) | Missing |
| IDH1 | 40 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 | p53 | 14 (33.3) | 28 (66.7) | 3 | PTEN | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | 36 | MGMT | 11 (64.7) | 6 (35.3) | 28 | 1p/19q codeletion | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 30 | TERT | 5 (27.8) | 13 (72.2) | 27 | BRAF | 19 (90.5) | 2 (9.5) | 24 | PIK3CA | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | 34 | ATRX | 8 (21.6) | 29 (78.4) | 8 | EGFR | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 35 |
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