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. 2025 Jan 31;12(4):644–653. doi: 10.1093/nop/npaf011

Table 4.

Self-Reported Motor Dysfunction 1 Month After Surgery (Number of Respondents Both at Baseline and 1 Month = 93/155)

Patient Characteristics Did Not Complete Questionnaires at Inclusion and/or 1 Month
N: 62/155
No Difference
N: 35/93 (38%)
Improved Motor Dysfunction
N: 28/93 (30%)
Worse Motor Dysfunction
N: 30/93 (32%)
ECOG status
 0–1 37 (60%) 28 (80%) 17 (61%) 23 (77%)
 2 17 (27%) 6 (17%) 6 (21%) 5 (17%)
 3–4 7 (11%) 1 (3%) 4 (14%) 2 (7%)
 Missing 1 0 1 0
Primary cancer
 Lung 19 (31%) 13 (37%) 11 (39%) 9 (30%)
 Melanoma 11 (18%) 7 (20%) 5 (18%) 7 (23%)
 Breast 12 (19%) 5 (14%) 4 (14%) 4 (13%)
 Colorectal 8 (13%) 6 (17%) 5 (18%) 4 (13%)
 Othera 12 (19%) 4 (11%) 3 (11%) 6 (20%)
Number of brain metastases
 1 48 (77%) 24 (68%) 18 (64%) 18 (60%)
 2–4 12 (19%) 9 (26%) 8 (29%) 8 (27%)
 >4 2 (3%) 2 (6%) 2 (7%) 4 (13%)
Age ≥70 23 (37%) 16 (46%) 9 (32%) 13 (43%)
Extracranial metastases present 35 (56%) 21 (60%) 15 (54%) 17 (57%)
Brain metastasis location
 Motor area 19 (54%) 12 (43%) 13 (43%)
 Non-motor area 16 (46%) 15 (54%) 17 (57%)
 Missing 0 1 0
Extent of resection
Gross total resection 31 (50%) 16 (46%) 12 (43%) 10 (33%)
Gross total resection with other brain metastases remaining 4 (6%) 5 (14%) 4 (14%) 10 (33)
Subtotal resection 24 (39%) 14 (40%) 11 (39%) 10 (33)
Unknown 3 (5%) 0 (0%) 1 (4%) 0 (0%)
Motor dysfunction score at inclusion (mean) 28.8 (SD: 22.3) 8.9 (SD: 13.4) 37.3 (SD: 26.6) 15.9 (SD: 17.4)
Motor dysfunction score at 1 month (mean) 8.9 (SD: 13.4) 15.5 (SD: 20.6) 33.7 (SD: 22.7)
Difference in motor dysfunction score 0.0 −21.8 (SD: 14.7) 17.8 (SD: 11.5)

Abbreviation: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.

aRenal cancer, esophageal cancer, testicular cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, uterine cancer, and origo incerta.