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Table 1 Baseline characteristics included in the Lung-molGPA (Sperduto et al. 2016 [28]): minimum point sum 0 (poor prognosis), maximum point sum 4 (good prognosis)

From: Validation of the graded prognostic assessment for lung cancer with brain metastases using molecular markers (lung-molGPA)

Parameter

Lung-molGPA

DS-GPA

Metastatic spread to extracranial sides

0

0

Brain metastases only

1

1

Age ≥70 years

0

0 if >60 years

Age <70 years

0.5

0.5 if 50–60 years, 1 if <50 years

Karnofsky performance status ≤70

0

0 if <70

Karnofsky performance status 80

0.5

0.5 if 70–80

Karnofsky performance status 90–100

1

1

Number of brain metastases >4

0

0 if >3

Number of brain metastases 1–4

0.5

0.5 if 2–3, 1 if 1

EGFR or ALK positive

1

not part of the assessment

  1. DS-GPA diagnosis-specific graded prognostic assessment [22]