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Table 3 Significant prognostic factors for overall survival (log-rank test or, for continuous variables, Cox regression)

From: Validation of the graded prognostic assessment for gastrointestinal cancers with brain metastases (GI-GPA)

Parameter

Median survival in months

p-value

Extracranial metastases

3.0

 

No extracranial metastases

9.4

0.001

Single brain metastasis

8.5

 

2–3 brain metastases

4.1

0.0001

More than 3 brain metastases

2.5

 

Age < 60 years

4.9

 

Age ≥ 60 years

4.0

0.6

Age as continuous variable

 

0.9

KPS as continuous variable

 

0.0001

  1. KPS Karnofsky performance status