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Table 2 Characteristic of treated brain metastasis

From: Brain metastases treated with hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy: 8 years experience after Cyberknife installation

 

Surgery + HFSRT

N = 105

HFSRT

N = 429

pvalue

Size

  

<.0001

 < 2.5 cm

29 (29.0%)

246 (63.2%)

 

 2.5–4 cm

47 (47.0%)

123 (31.6%)

 

 > 4 cm

24 (24.0%)

20 (5.1%)

 
 

5

40

 

Total dose and fractionation (gy)

  

<.0001

 27

12 (11.4%)

202 (47.1%)

 

 30

54 (51.4%)

108 (25.2%)

 

 35

39 (37.1%)

119 (27.7%)

 

WBRT

  

0.0329

 Yes

3 (2.9%)

35 (8.1%)

 

 No

102 (97.1%)

394 (91.9%)

 

Tumor Histology

  

0.5626

 Breast

13 (12.4%)

53 (12.4%)

 

 Kidney

7 (6.7%)

40 (9.3%)

 

 Lung

64 (61.0%)

231 (53.8%)

 

 Melanoma

3 (2.9%)

25 (5.8%)

 

 Other

18 (17.1%)

80 (18.6%)

 

Location

  

0.0614

 Brainstem

0 (0.0%)

15 (3.5%)

 

 Infratentorial

32 (30.5%)

100 (23.3%)

 

 Supratentorial

73 (69.5%)

314 (73.2%)

 

radiosensible

  

0.4984

 Yes

84 (80.0%)

330 (76.9%)

 

 No

21 (20.0%)

99 (23.1%)