Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Brain Metastases Patients According to WBRT Treatment Admitted to the Dharmais National Cancer

Treated using WBRT	No	Yes	Total	P-value
n (%)	53 (35.8)	95 (64.2)	148 (100.0)
Sex, n (%)
Male	16 (30.2)	39 (41.1)	55 (37.2)
Female	37 (69.8)	56 (58.9)	93 (62.8)	0.19
Age group, n (%)
<40	6 (11.3)	13 (13.7)	19 (12.8)
40-50	14 (26.4)	26 (27.4)	40 (27.0)
50+	33 (62.3)	56 (58.9)	89 (60.1)	0.90
Educational Background, n (%)
Secondary or below	9 (17.0)	21 (22.1)	30 (20.3)
High School/diploma	34 (64.2)	54 (56.8)	88 (59.5)
Post Graduated	10 (18.9)	20 (21.1)	30 (20.3)	0.66
Nutritional status, n (%)
Normal	30 (57.7)	43 (45.7)	73 (50.0)
Overweight	9 (17.3)	26 (27.7)	35 (24.0)
Underweight	13 (25.0)	25 (26.6)	38 (26.0)	0.29
Type of primary cancer, n (%)
Breast Cancer	22 (41.5)	30 (31.9)	52 (35.4)
Lung Cancer	22 (41.5)	50 (53.2)	72 (49.0)
Others	9 (17.0)	14 (14.9)	23 (15.6)	0.38
Multiple or Solitary metastases, n (%)
Multiple	36 (69.2)	64 (68.1)	100 (68.5)
Solitary	16 (30.8)	30 (31.9)	46 (31.5)	0.89
Location at supratentorial, n (%)
No	11 (20.8)	10 (10.6)	21 (14.3)
Yes	42 (79.2)	84 (89.4)	126 (85.7)	0.09
Location at infratentorial, n (%)
No	23 (43.4)	47 (50.0)	70 (47.6)
Yes	30 (56.6)	47 (50.0)	77 (52.4)	0.44
Extracranial metastases to lung, n (%)
No	42 (79.2)	70 (73.7)	112 (75.7)
Yes	11 (20.8)	25 (26.3)	36 (24.3)	0.45
Extracranial metastasis to liver, n (%)
No	40 (76.9)	68 (71.6)	108 (73.5)
Yes	12 (23.1)	27 (28.4)	39 (26.5)	0.48
Extracranial metastasis to bone, n (%)
No	26 (49.1)	54 (56.8)	80 (54.1)
Yes	27 (50.9)	41 (43.2)	68 (45.9)	0.36
Other extracranial metastases, n (%)
No	49 (92.5)	88 (92.6)	137 (92.6)
Yes	4 (7.5)	7 (7.4)	11 (7.4)	0.97
Brain Surgery, n (%)
No	39 (73.6)	66 (69.5)	105 (70.9)
Yes	14 (26.4)	29 (30.5)	43 (29.1)	0.60