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Table 1 Patient characteristics and treatment data

From: Novel risk scores for survival and intracranial failure in patients treated with radiosurgery alone to melanoma brain metastases

Characteristics

No. of patients:

Median

Range

n = 86 (%)

Age at GK, years

 

56

(24–90)

Gender

  

  Male

52 (60.5)

  Female

34 (39.5)

Extracranial Metastases

 

  Active

64 (74.4)

  Stable

13 (15.1)

  None

9 (10.5)

Chemotherapy at SRS

 

  Yes

50 (58.1)

   Temozolmide

13 (15.1)

   Ipilimumab

11 (12.8)

   BRAF-inhibitor

9 (10.5)

  None

36 (41.9)

No. of lesions

 

  1

27 (31.4)

  2

25 (29.1)

  3

9 (10.5)

  4

5 (5.8)

  5

7 (8.1)

  6

4 (4.7)

  ≥7

9 (10.5)

KPS

 

  <80

7 (8.1)

  ≥80

79 (91.8)

RPA Class

 

  I

6 (6.9)

  II

77 (89.5)

  III

3 (3.5)

Melanoma-GPA points

 

  3.5-4.0

22 (25.6)

  2.5-3.0

35 (40.7)

  1.5-2.0

26 (30.2)

  0-1.0

3 (3.5)

Mutation Status

 

  BRAF WT

31 (36.0)

  BRAF V600E, K601E, V600K

37 (43.0)

  c-kit

2 (2.3)

  NRAS

1 (1.2)

  N/A

15 (17.4)

Total tumor volume, cc

 

1.5

0.01–34.4

  <3 cc

61 (70.9)

 

  ≥3 cc

25 (29.1)

Marginal GK dose, Gy

 

21

12–22

Total treatment volume, cc

 

3.6

0.1–45.2

  <7

65 (75.6)

 

  ≥7

21 (24.4)

 
  1. Abbreviations: GK Gamma Knife, KPS Karnofsky performance status, RPA recursive partitioning analysis, Melanoma-GPA graded prognostic assessment for melanoma, BRAF B-Raf proto-oncogene, BRAF WT B-Raf proto-oncogene wild-type, c-KIT c-kit proto-oncogene, NRAS neuroblastoma RAS viral (v-ras) oncogene homolog, Gy Gray, cc cubic centimeter