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Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Prognostic factors for outcomes after whole-brain irradiation of brain metastases from relatively radioresistant tumors: a retrospective analysis

 

N (%)

Tumor type

 

Malignant melanoma

69

Renal cell carcinoma

74

Colorectal cancer

77

WBI schedule

 

5 × 4 Gy

56

10 × 3 Gy

99

15 × 3/20 × 2 Gy

65

Age

 

≤ 62 years

109

≥ 63 years

111

Gender

 

Female

78

Male

142

Karnofsky Performance Score

 

<70

89

≥ 70

131

Number of metastases

 

1-3

89

≥4

131

Extracerebral metastases

 

No

68

Yes

152

Interval from first diagnosis to WBI

 

≤ 24 months

104

≥ 25 months

116

RPA class

 

1

25

2

105

3

90