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. 2013 Dec 4;6:1789–1803. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S52172
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
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.