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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 Mar 2;127(12):2062–2073. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33459

Table 3.

The association of variables of interest with specific CNS-directed MBM treatments as first treatment.

First Treatment of Shunt First Treatment of Craniotomy First Treatment of SRS First Treatment of WBRT
Univariable Multivariable* Univariable Multivariable* Univariable Multivariable* Univariable Multivariable*
Variable of Interest N (%) N events (%) Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value N (%) N events (%) Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value N (%) N events (%) Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value N (%) N events (%) Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value Cause-Specific HR 95% CI P-value
Number of BM 425 (100) 10 (100) 0.73 0.48–1.09 0.13 425 (100) 137 (100) 0.87 0.81–0.92 <0.0001 0.87 0.81–0.93 <0.0001 425 (100) 138 (100) 0.97 0.94–1.00 0.03 0.97 0.94–1.00 0.04 425 (100) 118 (100) 1.04 1.03–1.06 <0.0001 1.04 1.03–1.06 <0.0001
Dominant BM Size 425 (100) 10 (100) 1.71 1.32–2.20 <0.0001 1.72 1.22–2.42 0.002 425 (100) 137 (100) 1.57 1.46–1.70 <0.0001 1.4 1.26–1.55 <0.0001 425 (100) 138 (100) 0.98 0.85–1.13 0.80 425 (100) 118 (100) 0.98 0.84–1.14 0.78
Age at BM Diagnosis 425 (100) 10 (100) 0.98 0.94–1.02 0.26 425 (100) 137 (100) 0.99 0.98–1.00 0.24 425 (100) 138 (100) 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.99 425 (100) 110 (98) 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.97
Year of BM Diagnosis 425 (100) 10 (100) 1.19 0.89–1.60 0.25 425 (100) 137 (100) 1.00 0.92–1.07 0.88 425 (100) 138 (100) 1.05 0.97–1.13 0.25 425 (100) 110 (92) 0.80 0.74–0.87 <0.0001 0.79 0.73–0.86 <0.0001
Gender:
Female 121 (28) 1 (10) ref 121 (28) 38 (28) ref 121 (28) 40 (29) ref 121 (28) 39 (33) ref
Male 304 (72) 9 (90) 3.42 0.43–27.04 0.24 304 (72) 99 (72) 0.97 0.67–1.42 0.89 304 (72) 98 (71) 0.90 0.62–1.30 0.58 304 (72) 79 (67) 0.76 0.52–1.11 0.16
Hemorrhage at BM Diagnosis:
No 177 (42) 4 (40) ref 177 (42) 35 (26) ref ref 177 (42) 75 (54) ref 177 (42) 45 (38) ref ref
Yes 248 (58) 6 (60) 1.36 0.38–4.87 0.63 248 (58) 102 (74) 2.68 1.82–3.94 <0.0001 1.68 1.09–2.58 0.02 248 (58) 63 (46) 0.85 0.61–1.19 0.33 248 (58) 73 (62) 1.56 1.08–2.27 0.02 1.25 0.83–1.88 0.29
BRAF:
WT 184 (43) 2 (20) ref 184 (43) 56 (41) ref 184 (43) 72 (52) ref ref 184 (43) 43 (36) ref
Mutated 206 (48) 8 (80) 3.41 0.72–16.09 0.30 206 (48) 69 (50) 1.08 0.76–1.53 0.68 206 (48) 61 (44) 0.70 0.50–0.98 0.04 0.81 0.57–1.16 0.25 206 (48) 63 (53) 1.24 0.84–1.82 0.28
Pre-BM Immunotherapy:
No 226 (53) 6 (60) ref 226 (53) 87 (64) ref ref 226 (53) 54 (39) ref ref 226 (53) 56 (47) ref
Yes 199 (47) 4 (40) 0.77 0.22–2.74 0.69 199 (47) 50 (37) 0.67 0.47–0.95 0.02 0.93 0.65–1.35 0.71 199 (47) 84 (61) 1.89 1.34–2.66 0.0003 1.74 1.22–2.46 0.002 199 (47) 62 (53) 1.31 0.91–1.88 0.15
Systemic Burden at BM Diagnosis:
No 42 (10) 0 ref 42 (10) 29 (22) ref ref 42 (10) 10 (7) ref 42 (10) 4 (3) ref
Yes 372 (88) 10 (100) no est no est no est 372 (88) 103 (78) 0.29 0.19–0.44 <0.0001 0.43 0.28–0.68 0.001 372 (88) 125 (93) 0.85 0.45–1.63 0.63 372 (88) 111 (97) 2.08 0.77–5.65 0.15
Presenting Symptom:
Asymptomatic 166 (39) 2 (20) ref ref 166 (39) 19 (14) ref ref 166 (39) 78 (57) ref 166 (39) 48 (41) ref ref
Headache 72 (17) 4 (40) 8.25 1.47–46.32 0.02 3.76 0.60–23.78 0.16 72 (17) 41 (30) 8.06 4.66–13.93 <0.0001 3.69 2.05–6.64 <0.0001 72 (17) 16 (12) 0.97 0.57–1.67 0.92 72 (17) 13 (11) 1.12 0.60–2.07 0.73 1.17 0.63–2.18 0.61
Motor/sensory 83 (20) 2 (20) 2.67 0.37–19.07 0.33 0.94 0.09–9.47 0.96 83 (20) 32 (23) 4.29 2.43–7.58 <0.0001 1.93 1.03–3.60 0.04 83 (20) 20 (14) 0.74 0.45–1.21 0.23 83 (20) 29 (25) 1.60 1.01–2.54 0.046 1.13 0.70–1.84 0.62
Seizure 34 (8) 0 (0) no est no est no est no est no est no est 34 (8) 13 (9) 5.74 2.82–11.67 <0.0001 3.23 1.52–6.83 0.002 34 (8) 8 (6) 1.17 0.56–2.43 0.67 34 (8) 11 (9) 2.17 1.12–4.20 0.02 1.27 0.64–2.53 0.49
Mental status change 56 (13) 2 (20) 5.17 0.71–37.76 0.11 2.95 0.37–23.43 0.31 56 (13) 27 (20) 6.47 3.59–11.68 <0.0001 3.65 1.94–6.85 <0.0001 56 (13) 11 (8) 0.74 0.39–1.40 0.36 56 (13) 14 (12) 1.41 0.78–2.57 0.26 1.22 0.65–2.28 0.54
Other 14 (3) 0 (0) no est no est no est no est no est no est 14 (3) 5 (4) 3.56 1.33–9.54 0.01 2.02 0.74–5.56 0.17 14 (3) 5 (4) 0.89 0.36–2.20 0.80 14 (3) 3 (3) 0.84 0.26–2.70 0.77 1.22 0.38–3.95 0.74
*

Variables significant in the unadjusted models were brought forward.