Number of patients | ||
---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 21 |
Male | 23 | |
Primary tumor site | Breast | 17 |
Prostate | 9 | |
Kidney (renal cell carcinoma) | 6 | |
Lung (non-small cell lung cancer) | 3 | |
Rectum | 2 | |
Esophagus | 2 | |
Head and Neck | 1 | |
Thyroid | 1 | |
Unknown primary | 1 | |
Sarcoma | 1 | |
Pancreas | 1 | |
Number of spinal metastases | n = 1 | 7 |
n = 2 | 14 | |
n ≥ 3 | 23 | |
Palsy | No | 32 |
Incomplete | 8 | |
Complete | 4 | |
Number of extraspinal bone metastases | n = 0 | 13 |
n = 1 | 13 | |
n = 2 | 4 | |
n ≥ 3 | 14 | |
Visceral metastases | No | 18 |
Yes | 26 | |
Potentially removable | 6 | |
Liver metastases | No | 35 |
Yes | 9 | |
Lung metastases | No | 34 |
Yes | 10 | |
Brain metastases | No | 40 |
Yes | 4 | |
Pleural effusion | No | 31 |
Yes | 6 | |
Unknown (no examination documented) | 7 | |
Steroid use at time of presentation | No | 26 |
Yes | 9 | |
Unknown | 9 | |
Age at start of reirradiation | Median (range) | 67 (39–88) |
KPS at start [end] of reirradiation | Median | 70 [70] |
Range | 30–100 [20–100] | |
Site of reirradiation [site of first irradiation] | Cervical spine | 1 [3] |
Cervical and thoracic spine | 5 [4] | |
Thoracic spine | 14 [14] | |
Thoracic and lumbar spine | 6 [5] | |
Lumbar spine | 10 [10] | |
Lumbar spine and os sacrum | 4 [6] | |
Os sacrum | 2 [2] | |
Overlapping more than 2 areas | 2 [0] | |
Period between 1st irradiation and reirradiation (same site, in months) | Median | 21 |
Range | 4-120 |