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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Chemoradiation treatment with or without concurrent tumor-treating fields (TTFields) therapy in newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) patients in China

 

TTFields

P-value

CA-TTF (N = 41)

A-TTF (N = 31)

Sex

 Female

13 (31.7%)

13 (41.9%)

0.518

 Male

28 (68.3%)

18 (58.1%)

 

Age (years)

 Median [Min, Max]

53.0 [22.0, 76.0]

48.0 [19.0, 74.0]

0.615

Extent of resection

 GTR

28 (68.3%)

23 (74.2%)

0.777

 STR/Biopsy

13 (31.7%)

8 (25.8%)

 

MGMT promoter methylation

 Methylated

15 (36.6%)

10 (32.3%)

0.907

 Unmethylated

24 (58.5%)

19 (61.3%)

 

 Unknown

2 (4.9%)

2 (6.5%)

 

TERT promoter mutation status

 Wild-type

12 (29.3%)

14 (45.2%)

0.192

 Mutation

26 (63.4%)

13 (41.9%)

 

 Unknown

3 (7.3%)

4 (12.9%)

 

Baseline KPS

 Median [Min, Max]

90.0 [60.0, 90.0]

80.0 [60.0, 90.0]

0.443

Compliance with TTFields (hours/day)

 Median [Min, Max]

21.1 [8.88, 23.0]

21.6 [15.8, 23.3]

0.491

Duration of TTFields (months)

 Median [Min, Max]

10.0 [1.00, 31.0]

10.4 [1.00, 35.0]

0.203

  1. GTR gross tumor resection, STR subtotal resection