Table S6.
Use of resources in diagnosed and non-diagnosed patients
| Patients without brain metastases | Patients with brain metastases | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (%) | Tests/year (n) | Patients (%) | Tests/year (n) | |||||
| Specific procedures for the treatment of brain metastasis in diagnosed and non-diagnosed patients | ||||||||
| Holocranial radiotherapy | NA | NA | 15% | 5 | ||||
| Radiosurgery or stereotactic radiation therapy | NA | NA | 35% | 3 | ||||
| Surgical resection | NA | NA | 2% | 3 | ||||
| None | NA | NA | 48% | 0 | ||||
| Hospitalizations in diagnosed and non-diagnosed patients | ||||||||
| Medical oncology | 10% | 1 (5 days) | 20% | 1 (5 days) | ||||
| Neurosurgery | 0% | 0 | 10% | 1 (7 days) | ||||
| Radiation oncology | 0% | 0 | 2% | 3 (5 days) | ||||
| External consultations in diagnosed and non-diagnosed patients | ||||||||
| Primary care (PC) | 100% | 5 | 100% | 5 | ||||
| Pharmacy consultations | 100% | 12 | 100% | 12 | ||||
| Emergencies | 100% | 3 | 100% | 5 | ||||
| Medical oncology | 100% | 12 | 100% | 15 | ||||
| Radiation oncology | 0% | 0 | 15% | 8 | ||||
| Neurosurgery (in the year of the operation) | 0% | 0 | 10% | 2 | ||||
| Laboratory tests in diagnosed and non-diagnosed patients | ||||||||
| Blood count | 100% | 12 | 100% | 12 | ||||
| Biochemistry | 100% | 12 | 100% | 12 | ||||
| Imaging tests/other treatments in diagnosed and non-diagnosed patients | ||||||||
| Chest x-ray | 5% | 2 | 5% | 2 | ||||
| Thoracentesis | 10% | 1 | 10% | 1 | ||||
| Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography | 50% | 1 | 50% | 1 | ||||
| Neurosurgery hospitalizations | 0% | 0 | 10% | 1 (7 days) | ||||
| Other specific tests in diagnosed patients | ||||||||
| Brain magnetic resonance imaging | 20% | 2 | 50% | 3 | ||||
| Computed tomography of chest / abdomen | 100% | 3 | 100% | 4 | ||||
| Brain computed tomography | 70% | 2 | 50% | 3 | ||||
| Other specific tests in non-diagnosed patients | ||||||||
| Brain magnetic resonance imaging | 10% | 1 | 20% | 3 | ||||
| Chest / abdomen computed tomography | 100% | 3 | 100% | 4 | ||||
| Brain computed tomography | 40% | 1 | 20% | 3 | ||||