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. 2017 Dec 11;9(12):e1934. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1934

Table 1. Patient Characteristics at the Time of Initial Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS).

n: number; IQR: interquartile range; F: female; M: male; KPS: Karnofsky performance status; cc: cubic centimeters

  Overall
n 107
Age (median {IQR}) 63.00 {53.00-72.25}
Sex (%)  
F 31 (29.0)
M 76 (71.0)
BRAF status (%)  
Wildtype 21 (19.6)
Mutated 20 (18.7)
Unknown 66 (61.7)
Extent of extracranial disease (%)  
None 32 (29.9)
Oligometastatic (≤ 5 extracranial mets) 56 (52.3)
Widespread (> 5 extracranial mets) 15 (14.0)
Unknown 4 (3.7)
Prior systemic therapy (%)  
Any targeted agent 41 (38.3)
Ipilimumab 33 (30.8)
Vemurafenib 10 (9.3)
Dabrafenib 8 (7.5)
Trametinib 7 (6.5)
Pembrolizumab 5 (4.7)
KPS (%)  
60 8 (7.5)
70 18 (16.8)
80 50 (46.7)
90 28 (26.2)
100 3 (2.8)
Initial number of brain metastases (%)  
1 47 (43.9)
2 23 (21.5)
3 17 (15.9)
4 8 (7.5)
5 2 (1.9)
≥ 6 10 (9.4)
Total volume of all brain metastases at initial SRS, cc (median {IQR}) 2.81 {0.84-7.79}