Table 1 Patient characteristics (NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer, SCLC: small cell lung cancer)
From: Prevalence of metastases within the hypothalamic-pituitary area in patients with brain metastases
Sex | |
 male | 434 (50%) |
 female | 431 (50%) |
Age | Mean: 64 years (29–90) |
 < 64 years | 424 (49%) |
 > 64 years | 441 (51%) |
Primary tumor entity | involvement of hypothalamus and pituitary gland |
 NSCLC | 401 (46%) 13/401 |
 SCLC | 121 (14%) 8/121 |
 Breast | 106 (12%) 5/106 |
 Melanoma | 62 (7%) 1/62 |
 Renal | 27 (3%) 0/27 |
 Colorectal | 35 (4%) 2/35 |
 Other | 113 (13%) 6/113 |
 Number of metastases | Mean: 5, median: 2 (range: 1–30) |
 Maximum size | Mean: 2 cm, median: 1.8 cm (range: 0.2 cm to 11 cm) |