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Table 1 Characteristics of patients, diseases and treatments in the study group

From: The benefit of whole brain reirradiation in patients with multiple brain metastases

Characteristics

 

Age

Median 52 years old (range 36 to 68 years)

Sex

Male (11), Female (17)

Primary site of cancer

Breast (6), Lung (22)

Histology of primary disease

Invasive ductal cancer (breast); Non-small cell lung cancer (lung)

KPS before the first course of WBRT

Median 80 (range, 60–100)

KPS before the second course of WBRT

Median 60 (range, 50–100)

First course RT (Gy)

Median 30 Gy (range 20–30 Gy)

Second course RT (Gy)

Median 25 Gy (range 20–30 Gy)

BEDcumulative

Median 129.5 Gy (range 110–150 Gy)

Treatments

Surgery before first WBRT (1)

SRS following first WBRT (5)

Surgery before and SRS after first WBRT (5)

None (17)

  1. WBRT whole brain radiotherapy, KPS Karnofsky performance scale, RT radiotherapy, BED biological effective dose.