Table 1 Patients characteristics
Patient ID# | Sex | Age (Year)a | Site | Relapse time (months)b | Chemotherapy/Length(months)c | Survival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control patients | ||||||
 1 | M | 5 | Spinal Cord | 27 |  | Alive |
 2 | M | 11 | Spinal Cord | 30 |  | Deceased |
 3 | M | 2 | Cerebellum | 31 |  | Alive |
 4 | M | 11/12 | Cerebellum | 8 |  | Alive |
 5 | F | 4 | Left Thalamic | 19 |  | Alive |
 6 | M | 16 | Left intraventricular | 58 |  | Alive |
 7 | F | 13 | Right Front Lobe | 20 |  | Alive |
 8 | F | 5 | Right lateral ventricle subependymal | 107 |  | Alive |
Investigative patients | ||||||
 9 | M | 4 | Cerebellum | 8 | CPL, VIN/12, TPCV/14 | Alive |
 10 | M | 3 | Left Temporal Lobe | 13 | CPL/4, VCR/4, VIN/10 | Alive |
 11 | F | 4 | Right Temporal Lobe | 8 | CPL/8, VCR/8 | Alive |
 12 | F | 7 | Spinal Cord | 12 | CPL/7, VCR/7, ISP/4 | Deceased |
 13 | F | 1 | Suprasellar/Third ventricle | 46 | CPL, VCR/4, VIN/9, O6-BG & TMZ/2 | Deceased |
 14 | F | 1 | C4-T4 spinal cord | 27 | CPL, VCR, TMZ/12 | Alive |
 15 | M | 7/12 | Posterior Fossa | 10 | CPL, ETO, TAM/10 | Deceased |