Table 1 Clinical, radiological and molecular characteristics of the study population.

From: Multimodal integrated approaches in low grade glioma surgery

Parameter

Value

No. of patients

288

Age

37.5 years (18–74)

Sex

Male

168 (58.33)

Female

120 (41.67)

Clinical onset

Generalized seizure

160 (55.56)

Focal seizure

80 (27.78)

Incidental

36 (12.5)

Others (neurological deficits, mood changes)

12 (4.17)

Tumor side

Left

160 (55.56)

Right

128 (44.44)

Tumor site

Frontal (inferior frontal gyrus, premotor cortex, middle frontal gyrus, Broca’s area)

118 (40.97)

Parietal

34 (11.81)

Temporal

54 (18.75)

Insular

77 (26.74)

Occipital

5 (1.74)

Preoperative tumoral volume on T2WI (cm3)

40 (22–68)

Preoperative ΔT2T1 MRI index, cm3

ΔT2T1 MRI index

10 (0–20)

≥ 15

116 (40.38)

< 15

172 (59.72)

Anesthesia

Awake

175 (60.77)

General

113 (39.23)

Intraoperative surgical protocol

Protocol 1

77 (26.74)

Protocol 2

137 (47.57)

Protocol 3

74 (25.69)

EOR %

≥ 90

146 (50.69)

70–89

101 (35.07)

< 70

41 (14.24)

Median EOR %

90 (28–100)

Protocol 1: Median EOR %

83 (28–100)

Protocol 2: Median EOR %

88 (34–100)

Protocol 3: Median EOR %

100 (50–100)

Awake surgery

90 (28–100)

General anesthesia

85 (34–100)

Median EOR % in awake surgery subgroup

Protocol 1, only awake surgery: Median EOR %

85 (28–100)

Protocol 2, only awake surgery: Median EOR %

90 (49–100)

Protocol 3, only awake surgery: Median EOR %

100 (50–100)

Median EOR % stratified by molecular class

DA IDH 1/2wt

83 (34–100)

DA IDH 1/2mt

87 (28–100)

OD IDH 1/2mt,1p19q cod

92 (55–100)

Post-operative residual tumor volume on T2WI (cm3)

< 10

189 (65.63)

10–19

51 (17.71)

20–29

23 (7.99)

≥ 30

25 (8.68)

Median

5 (0–125)

Diagnosis WHO 2016

DA IDH-wt

34 (11.8)

DA IDH-mt

163 (56.6)

OD IDH-mt 1p19q cod

91 (31.6)

Clinical follow up

Median follow up (months)

71 (18–239)

Patient deaths

141 (48.96)

n° w/disease progression

199 (69.1)

Median time to progression (months)

46 (4–194)

n° w/malignant progression

159 (55.21)

Median time to malignant progression (months)

60 (6–239)

  1. Characteristics of the study population are described using means (standard deviation) or median and range for continuous variables, number of cases with relative percentages reported in parentheses for categorical variables. ΔT2T1 MRI index volumetric difference between preoperative tumor volumes on T2 and T1 weighted MRI images, EOR extent of surgical resection, DA IDHwt Diffuse Astrocytoma Isocitrate Dehydrogenase wild type, DA IDHmt Diffuse Astrocytoma Isocitrate Dehydrogenase mutated, OD IDHmt 1p19q cod Oligodendroglioma Isocitrate Dehydrogenase mutated, 1p 19q codeleted.