Table 1.
Summary of clinical data from 58 consecutive patients with 61 large BM
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Sex (male/female) |
37/21 |
| Age (years), median (range) |
66 (32–88) |
| KPS, median (range) |
70 (30–100) |
| Active Extra-CNS disease/Extra-CNS metastasis |
45 (76%) |
| RTOG-RPA class I/class II/class III |
3/27/28 |
| Primary cancer |
|
| Lung |
34 |
| Breast |
7 |
| Colon & Rectus |
7 |
| Ovary |
2 |
| Double cancer |
3 |
| Other |
5 |
| No. of intracranial lesions, median (range) |
2 (1–8) |
| Tumor location |
|
| Supratentorial |
41 |
| Infratentorial |
20 |
| Procedures prior to SRS |
|
| Craniotomy |
14 |
| Ommaya reservoir |
10 |
| WBRT | 4 |
BM = brain metastases, KPS = Karnofsky performance status, CNS = central nervous system, RTOG-RPA = radiation treatment oncology group recursive partitioning analysis, SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery, WBRT = whole brain radiotherapy.