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. 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0150419. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150419

Table 2. Patient Characteristics.

Characteristic BRT + TMZ (n = 257) BRT alone (n = 242)
No. % No. %
Sex
 Male 130 51 128 53
 Female 127 49 114 47
Median age, years 59.8 - 59.2 -
Range 37–79 - 29–81 -
KPS
 ≤ 162 63 162 68
 ≥ 51 20 40 16
 Data not supplied 44 17 40 16
Primary tumor site
 Breast cancer 79 31 73 30
 NSCLC and others 176 68 168 69
 Unknown 2 1 1 1
Extracranial metastases
 Yes 147 57 144 60
 No 88 34 85 35
 Data not supplied 22 9 13 5
RPA class
 I 35 14 31 13
 II 105 41 95 39
 III 20 8 18 8
 Data not supplied 97 37 98 40

No., number; BRT, brain radiation therapy; TMZ, temozolomide; KPS, Karnofsky performance status; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; RPA, recursive partitioning analysis.