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Table 2 Characteristics of patients

From: The prognostic value of tumor necrosis in patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases

Parameter

N

(%)

Age, years

  

 Median age

58.4

 

 Range

23-83

 

Status of primary lesions

  

 Active

106

(71)

 Controlled

43

(29)

RPA-class

  

 I

17

(11)

 II

117

(78)

 III

15

(10)

KPS

  

 Median

 

(80)

  ≥ 90%

88

(59)

  < 90%

61

(41)

Number of lesions

  

 1

103

(70)

 2-3

43

(29)

 4-6

2

(1)

Median dose

22.2

Gy

Median tumor size

4.7

cm3

 Range

0.01-33

cm3

Treated with WBI

78

(52)

Therapy of primary lesion

  

 Chemotherapy

117

(79)

 Radiotherapy

60

(40)

 Operation

96

(64)

Localization of lesion

  

 cerebellum

15

(10)

 diencephalon

5

(3)

 brain stem

3

(2)

 frontal

47

(31)

 parietal

33

(22)

 occipital

16

(11)

 temporal

18

(12)

 basal ganglia

5

(3)

 other localization

7

(5)

  1. Abbreviations:
  2. KPS Karnofsky performance status, RPA Recursive partitioning analysis, WBI, Whole brain irradiation.