Table 12.
Predictive scoring methods for brain metastases.
| Criteria | Median Overall Survival (months) | |
|---|---|---|
| RPA – all brain metastases (Gaspar et al.)(278) | ||
| Class I | KPS >70, age <65, controlled primary, Brain only metastasis | 7.1 |
| Class II | KPS >70, not meeting class I criteria | 4.2 |
| Class III | KPS <70 | 2.3 |
| DS-GPA – GI cancer (Sperduto et al.)(280) | ||
| GPA 0–1 | KPS <79 | 3.1 |
| GPA 2 | KPS 80 | 4.4 |
| GPA 3 | KPS 90 | 6.9 |
| GPA 4 | KPS 100 | 13.5 |
Notes: DS-GPA, disease specific graded prognostic assessment; KPS, Karnofsky performance status; RPA, recusive partitioning analysis