Table 1. Characteristics of 79 patients with brain metastases and leptomeningeal metastases.
Characteristics | Brain metastases | Leptomeningeal metastases | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EGFR-TKI naïve | EGFR-TKI treated | Total | EGFR-TKI naïve naivenainaïvenaive | EGFR-TKI treated | Total | ||
Total | 24 | 29 | 53 | 5 | 21 | 26 | |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 10 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
Female | 14 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
Age | |||||||
<60 years | 11 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |
≥60 years | 13 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
Smoking status | |||||||
No | 18 | 20 | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |
Yes | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Neurological symptoms | |||||||
No | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Yes | 13 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |
Chemotherapy | |||||||
No | 19 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
Yes | 5 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 16 | |
Local CNS RT | |||||||
No | 23 | 23 | 46 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |
Yes | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Number of metastasesa | |||||||
Single | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Multiple | 16 | 28 | 44 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
a, two patients with leptomeningeal metastases and EGFR-TKI treatment were negative by MRI but positive by ThinPrep cytologic test. TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitors; CNS, central nervous system; RT, radiotherapy.