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. 2016 Aug 29;19(4):558–566. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now184

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the 738 patients initially treated with upfront SRS alone.

n (%/IQR)
Total 738
Age, y, median 62 (53–70)
Sex
 Female 342 (46.3)
 Male 396 (53.7)
Ethnicity
 Caucasian 654 (88.6)
 African American 72 (9.8)
 Hispanic 8 (1.1)
 Other 4 (0.5)
Primary Site
 Breast 102 (13.8)
  HER2 + 46 (45.1)
  HER2 - 45 (44.1)
  HER2 unknown 11 (10.8)
 Gastrointestinal 61 (8.3)
 Lung 364 (49.3)
  Adenocarcinoma 216 (59.3)
  Squamous cell carcinoma 57 (15.7)
  Other 91 (25.0)
 Melanoma 117 (15.9)
  BRAF + 11 (9.4)
  BRAF - 11 (9.4)
  BRAF unknown 95 (81.2)
 RCC 68 (9.2)
 Other 26 (3.5)
Number of brain metastases
 1 373 (50.5)
 2 170 (23.0)
 3 94 (12.7)
 4+ 101 (13.7)
Presence of brainstem metastasis 23 (3.1)
Extent of systemic disease
 None 115 (15.6)
 Oligometastasis 254 (34.4)
 Widespread metastasis 224 (30.3)
 Unknown 37 (5.0)
Systemic disease status
 Stable 399 (54.1)
 Progressive 264 (35.8)
 Unknown 74 (10.0)
KPS
 ≤ 70% 183 (24.8)
 80% 320 (43.4)
 90%–100% 234 (31.8)
DS-GPA
 0–1 159 (22.3)
 1.5–2 293 (41.0)
 2.5–3 218 (30.5)
 >3 44 (6.2)
Lowest SRS dose, median 19.0 (17.0–21.0)

Abbreviations: DS-GPA, diagnosis-specific graded prognostic assessment; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; IQR, interquartile range; KPS, Karnofsky performance status; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; SRS,stereotactic radiosurgery.