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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2017 Sep 13;124(1):167–175. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30984

TABLE 4.

Multivariate Models With Significant Risk Factors

Risk Factor Unadjusted HR (95% CI) P Adjusted HR (95% CI) P
Overall survival
 Additional neuroimaging follow-up 0.655 (0.583-0.737) <.001 0.653 (0.578-0.739) <.001
 GPA 0.657 (0.481 -0.896) .008 0.656 (0.460-0.935) .02
 Additional day from consultation to SRS 1.003 (0.994-1.011) .52 0.999 (0.989, 1.009) .83
 Tumor histology
  Lung adenocarcinoma Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Breast adenocarcinoma 1.261 (0.599-2.652) .54 2.199 (1.023-4.726) .04
  Melanoma 1.526 (0.725-3.211) .27 2.912 (1.363-6.224) .006
  Renal cell carcinoma 1.256 (0.597-2.644) .55 1.545 (0.730-3.273) .26
  Other 1.623 (0.887-2.972) .12 1.496 (0.808-2.773) .20
Salvage neurosurgery
 Safety-net hospital 3.293 (1.194-9.082) .02 13.65 (3.311-56.29) <.001
 Neurologic symptoms at baseline 3.313 (1.218-9.012) .02 11.40 (2.819-46.12) <.001
 Additional brain metastasis 1.155 (1.002-1.332) .05 1.260 (1.074-1.478) .005
 Additional day from consultation to SRS 1.001 (0.980,1.022) .96 0.994 (0.955-1.036) .79
 Tumor histology
  Lung adenocarcinoma Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Breast adenocarcinoma 1.023 (0.092-11.29) .99 0.493 (0.039-6.207) .58
  Melanoma 7.082 (1.368-36.68) .02 22.73 (3.244-159.29) .002
  Renal cell carcinoma 3.402 (0.567-20.41) .18 5.763 (0.907-36.64) .06
  Other 3.537 (0.679-18.41) .13 4.250 (0.790-22.87) .09
Any neurologic symptoms
 Safety-net hospital 2.644 (1.352-5.172) .004 3.739 (1.599-8.743) .002
 Early stage (I/II) at diagnosis 0.377 (0.183-0.774) .008 0.280 (0.120-0.656) .003
 Additional neuroimaging follow-up 0.859 (0.759-0.972) .02 0.865 (0.766-0.977) .02
 Additional day from consultation to SRS 0.997 (0.980-1.014) .70 0.979 (0.957-1.002) .08
 Tumor histology
  Lung adenocarcinoma Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Breast adenocarcinoma 3.103 (1.120-8.598) .03 3.702 (1.303-10.52) .01
  Melanoma 2.162 (0.724-6.456) .17 2.851 (0.915-8.877) .07
  Renal cell carcinoma 1.412 (0.446-4.468) .56 2.301 (0.720-7.360) .16
  Other 1.922 (0.712-5.190) .20 1.470 (0.532-4.061) .46
Hospitalization for brain metastases
 Safety-net hospital 4.371 (1.693-11.29) .002 6.248 (2.222-17.57) <.001
 Additional clinical follow-up 0.786 (0.659-0.937) .007 0.749 (0.622-0.902) .002
 Additional brain metastasis 1.216 (1.003-1.474) .46 1.316 (1.052-1.647) .02
 Additional day from consultation to SRS 1.000 (0.984-1.017) .971 0.988 (0.958-1.018) .42
 Tumor histology
  Lung adenocarcinoma Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Breast adenocarcinoma 1.183 (0.283-4.959) .82 2.585 (0.576-11.60) .22
  Melanoma 2.592 (0.689-9.746) .16 3.360 (0.875-12.90) .08
  Renal cell carcinoma 2.948 (0.777-11.18) .11 4.584 (1.122-18.72) .03
  Other 1.570 (0.450-5.471) .48 2.831 (0.727-11.02) .13

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GPA, graded prognostic assessment; HR, hazard ratio; SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery.