Research Article

Prognostic Value of Pretreatment Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index in Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients Undergoing Postneurosurgical Radiotherapy Plus Concurrent and Adjuvant Temozolomide

Table 2

Treatment characteristics and clinical outcomes.

CharacteristicAll patients
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L-SII
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H-SII
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value

RT technique, (%)
 3D-CRT93 (55.7)45 (56.3)48 (55.2)0.79
 SIB-IMRT74 (44.3)35 (43.7)39 (44.8)
RT dose, (%)
 60 Gy86 (51.5)42 (52.5)44 (50.6)0.62
 70 Gy81 (48.5)38 (47.5)43 (49.4)
Adjuvant TMZ cycles, (%)
 1-548 (28.8)23 (28.8)25 (28.7)0.96
 6-12119 (71.2)57 (71.2)62 (71.3)
Brain failure, (%)
 None11 (6.6)3 (3.8)8 (9.2)0.53
 Infield129 (77.3)63 (78.8)66 (75.9)
 Marginal16 (9.6)9 (11.2)7 (8.0)
 Distant6 (3.5)2 (2.5)4 (4.5)
 Infield and distant3 (1.8)2 (2.5)1 (1.2)
 Marginal and distant2 (1.2)1 (1.2)1 (1.2)
Salvage treatment, (%)
 None76 (45.5)36 (45.0)40 (46.0)0.54
 Unknown6 (3.6)4 (5.0)2 (2.4)
 SNS alone17 (10.2)8 (10.0)9 (10.4)
 SRS/SRT14 (8.4)7 (8.7)7 (7.9)
 SNS+SRS/SRT8 (4.8)3 (3.8)5 (5.8)
 SNS+Ctx15 (9.0)8 (10.0)7 (7.9)
 SNS+SRS+Ctx7 (4.2)3 (3.8)4 (4.7)
 Ctx alone24 (14.3)11 (13.7)13 (14.9)
PFS
 Median, mo (95% CI)9.0 (7.0-11.0)16.6 (13.8-19.4)6.0 (3.1-8.9)<0.001
 3 years (%)11.921.42.8
 5 years (%)6.613.40
OS
 Median, mo (95% CI)14.4 (11.9-16.9)22.9 (18.8-27.0)11.1 (8.4-13.9)<0.001
 3 years, %14.023.04.7
 5 years, %9.818.90

L-SII: low systemic immune-inflammation index; H-SII: high-SII; RT: radiotherapy; TMZ: temozolomide; SNS: salvage neurosurgery; SRS: stereotactic radiosurgery; SRT: stereotactic radiotherapy; Ctx: chemotherapy; PFS: progression-free survival; OS: overall survival; CI: confidence interval.