Table
3: Follow up ratios and mortality of tumour
subgroups at the end of first post-operative year.
Tumour type and grade |
N of patients in the study |
N of patients with available follow up at the end of first
postoperative year (%) |
N of alive patients at the end of the first
post-operative year (%) |
Mortality N (%) |
Grade I meningiomas |
11 |
10 (90.9%) |
8 (80%) |
2 (20%) |
Grade II meningiomas (atypical) |
2 |
2 (100%) |
1 (50%) |
1 (50%) |
Grade II astrocytomas |
1 |
1 (100%) |
1 (100%) |
0 |
Anaplastic astrocytomas |
3 |
3 (100%) |
2 (66.6%) |
1 (33.3%) |
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) |
12 |
10 (83.3%) |
4 (40%) |
6 (60%) |
Total |
29 |
26 (89.6%) |
16 (61.5%) |
10 (38.4%) |