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Table 3 Reasons of death

From: Risk factors of distant brain failure for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiotherapy alone

Reason of death

The whole group n = 109

DBF n = 50

NO DBF n = 59

Uncontrolled brain metastasis

24(22.0%)

18(36.0%)

6(10.2%)

Progression of the extracranial disease

71(65.1%)

25(50.0%)

46(77.9%)

Non-cancer related reasons

9(8.3%)

4(8.0%)

5(8.5%)

Unknown reasons

5(4.6%)

3(6.0%)

2(3.4%)