Table 3.
Prognostic factors in elderly patients with benign meningioma or VS treated with SRS
Factors | Tumor control | Freedom from toxicity (CTCAE) |
---|---|---|
P value | P value | |
Age (> 70 vs. ≤ 70) | 0.106 | 0.027a |
Gender | 0.431 | 0.149 |
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 co-morbidities) | 0.248 | 0.166 |
Malignancy as co-morbidity | 0.213 | 0.213 |
Irradiation system (LINAC vs. CK) | 0.141 | 0.051 |
Tumor volume | 0.080 | 0.056 |
Entity (VS vs. meningioma) | 0.079 | 0.079 |
Radiation dose | 0.324 | 0.753 |
Prescription isodose | 0.261 | 0.200 |
Recurrence after pretreatment | < 0.001a | 0.471 |
aP values < 0.05 were considered significant