Localized treatment | Localized treatment + systemic medication | P-value | Localized treatment + TKIs | Localized treatment + chemotherapy | P-value | Localized treatment + pemetrexed | Localized treatment + other chemotherapy | P-value | |
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Total | n=24 | n=186 | n=75 | n=111 | n=21 | n=90 | |||
Median age | 57.5 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 56 | |||
Age, years | 0.514 | 0.720 | 0.279 | ||||||
<65 | 18 | 154 | 63 | 91 | 15 | 76 | |||
≥65 | 6 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 14 | |||
Sex | 0.411 | 0.026 | 0.469 | ||||||
Male | 18 | 124 | 43 | 81 | 14 | 67 | |||
Female | 6 | 62 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 23 | |||
Smoking status | 0.230 | 0.003 | 0.123 | ||||||
Never | 7 | 78 | 41 | 37 | 10 | 27 | |||
Former or current | 17 | 108 | 34 | 74 | 11 | 63 | |||
KPS | 0.227 | 0.298 | 0.538 | ||||||
≥70 | 14 | 131 | 56 | 75 | 13 | 62 | |||
<70 | 10 | 55 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 28 | |||
Histology | 0.035 | 0.113 | 0.029 | ||||||
Adenocarcinoma | 12 | 125 | 55 | 70 | 20 | 50 | |||
Squamous carcinoma | 7 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 24 | |||
Others | 5 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 16 | |||
Number of brain metastases | 0.791 | 0.637 | 0.656 | ||||||
1 | 10 | 53 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 31 | |||
2–3 | 4 | 70 | 36 | 34 | 7 | 27 | |||
>3 | 10 | 63 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 32 | |||
Extracranial metastases | 0.153 | 0.407 | 0.438 | ||||||
No | 12 | 69 | 26 | 43 | 7 | 36 | |||
Vesical organ | 8 | 65 | 25 | 40 | 7 | 33 | |||
Others | 4 | 52 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 21 | |||
Brain metastases distribution | 0.047 | 0.065 | 0.068 | ||||||
Synchronous | 8 | 102 | 35 | 67 | 9 | 58 | |||
Heterochronous | 16 | 84 | 40 | 44 | 12 | 32 | |||
Local treatments | 0.779 | 0.006 | 0.929 | ||||||
WBRT | 20 | 159 | 71 | 88 | 17 | 71 | |||
WBRT + surgery/SRS | 4 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 19 | |||
RTOG RPA class | 0.085 | 0.983 | 0.962 | ||||||
Class I | 6 | 41 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 23 | |||
Class II | 9 | 89 | 42 | 48 | 9 | 39 | |||
Class III | 9 | 56 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 28 | |||
RTOG GPA grade | 0.494 | 0.249 | 0.443 | ||||||
0∼1 | 8 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 21 | |||
1.5–2.5 | 11 | 121 | 54 | 67 | 14 | 53 | |||
3 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 10 | |||
3.5–4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Abbreviations: GPA, graded prognostic assessment; KPS, Karnofsky Performance Scale; SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery; WBRT, whole brain radiation therapy; RPA, recursive partitioning analysis; RTOG, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group; TKIs, tyrosine kinase inhibitors.