Research Article

Pretreatment Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value Efficiently Predicts Survival Outcomes in Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients Receiving Radiotherapy and Temozolomide

Table 1

Baseline patient and disease characteristics.

CharacteristicWhole cohort
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L-PIV
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H-PIV
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value

Median age, (range)58 (21-80)60 (34-80)57 (21-79)0.73
Age group, (%)
  < 50 years65 (31.9)24 (32.0)41 (32.2)0.85
  ≥ 50 years139 (68.1)51 (68.0)88 (68.2)
Gender, (%)
 Female69 (33.8)27 (36.0)42 (32.6)0.32
 Male135 (66.2)48 (64.0)87 (67.4)
ECOG, (%)
 0122 (59.8)44 (58.7)78 (60.5)0.71
 182 (40.2)31 (41.3)51 (39.5)
RTOG RPA class, (%)
 III79 (38.7)29 (38.7)50 (38.8)0.91
 IV84 (41.1)31 (41.3)53 (41.1)
 V41 (20.2)15 (20.0)26 (20.1)
Median symptom duration, months (range)2.1 (0.3-6.2)2.3 (0.3-6.2)1.9 (0.3- 4.8)0.43
Symptom duration group, (%)
  < 3 months148 (72.5)55 (73.3)93 (72.1)0.88
  ≥ 3 months56 (27.5)20 (26.7)36 (27.9)
Extent of surgery, (%)
 Gross total71 (34.8)25 (33.3)46 (35.7)0.69
 Subtotal99 (48.5)38 (50.7)61 (47.3)
 Biopsy34 (16.7)16 (16.0)9 (17.0)
Anticonvulsant use, n (%)
 Yes76 (37.3)27 (36.0)49 (38.0)0. 48
 No128 (62.7)48 (64.0)80 (62.0)
Corticosteroid use, (%)
 Yes114 (67.1)41 (54.7)73 (56.6)0.54
 No90 (29.9)34 (45.3)56 (33.4)

Abbreviations: L-PIV: low pan-immune-inflammation value; H-PIV: high pan-immune-inflammation value; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; RTOG RPA: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group recursive partitioning analysis.