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Table 1 Characteristics of patient cohorts recruited for the study

From: Serum biomarkers for neurofibromatosis type 1 and early detection of malignant peripheral nerve-sheath tumors

 

Controls

NF1 patients

NF1 patients

NF1 patients

  

w/o PNF w/o MPNST

with PNF w/o MPNST

with MPNST

n

41

35

39

30

mean age in years

47 (range 24–66)

32 (range 14–48)

34 (range 15–63)

34 (range 16–62)

♀/♂

22/19

22/13

17/22

17/13

whole body MRI

 

25/35

33/39

30/30