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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Whole brain radiotherapy plus simultaneous in-field boost with image guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for brain metastases of non-small cell lung cancer

Characteristics

No. of patients(%)

Gender

 

  Male

20 (68.97)

  Female

9 (31.03)

Age(years)

 

  Median

58

  Range

36-75

  ≥60

13 (44.83)

  <60

16 (55.17)

KPS scores

 

  ≥70

19 (65.52)

  <70

10 (34.48)

Pathology

 

  Adenocarcinoma

18 (62.07)

  Non-adenocarcinoma

11 (37.93)

RPA class

 

  2

19 (65.52)

  3

10 (34.48)

SIR scores

 

  ≤5

13 (44.83)

  >5

16 (55.17)

GPA scores

 

  0-1

13 (44.83%)

  1.5-2

11 (37.93%)

  2.5-3

3 (10.34%)

  3.5

2 (6.90%)

History of EGFR-TKI treatment

 

  Yes

11 (37.93)

  No

18 (62.07)

Number of lesions

 

  Mean

3

  <3

15 (51.72)

  ≥3

14 (48.28)

Maximum lesion volume

 

  <3 cc

12 (41.38)

  ≥3 cc

17 (58.62)

Total volume of lesions

 

  <7 cc

15 (51.72)

  ≥7 cc

14 (48.28)

Total

29

  1. Abbreviations: KPS = Karnofsky performance status; RPA = recursive partitioning analysis; SIR = score index for radiosurgery in brain metastases; GPA = graded prognostic assessment; EGFR-TKI = epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor.