Table 3

Clinical characteristics in 131 tumours with or without intratumour haemorrhage after radiosurgery

Post-treatment haemorrhagicPost-treatment non-haemorrhagic
Values are mean (SD) unless stated.
*p < 0.05, †p < 0.005: significantly different between post-treatment haemorrhagic and post-treatment non-haemorrhagic tumours.
Post-treatment haemorrhagic/non-haemorrhagic, tumours with or without intratumoural haemorrhage after radiosurgery; pretreatment haemorrhage, tumours with intratumour haemorrhage before radiosurgery.
No of lesions10 (symptomatic in 3)121
Mean volume (cm3)9.2 (5.3)†4.0 (5.1)
Mean No of isocentres2.3 (1.3)†1.5 (0.8)
Mean marginal dose (Gy)20.2 (5.4)20.8 (4.0)
Mean maximum dose (Gy)40.5 (20.3)*29.8 (6.3)
Local response rate (%)5073.5
Local control rate (%)9095.6
Pre-treatment haemorrhage (No of lesions (%))05 (4.1)