Skip to main content

Table 4 Univariate predictors of survival in patients with BM from CRC

From: Prognostic factors and multidisciplinary treatment modalities for brain metastases from colorectal cancer: analysis of 93 patients

Variables

Number

Median (months)

χ2

P

Age

    

<60

50

14

3.626

0.06

≥60

43

9

  

Gender

    

Male

57

9

1.124

0.29

Female

36

11

  

KPS

    

≥70

33

13

2.168

0.14

<70

60

9

  

Number of BM

    

Solitary

37

10

11.395

<0.01

Multiple

56

6

  

Greatest tumor dimension, cm

   

>3 cm

58

10

0.117

0.73

≤3 cm

35

9

  

Location of BM

    

Supratentorial

46

15

4.685

0.20

Infratentorial

26

11

  

Supratentorial + Infratentorial

20

12

  

Others

1

9

  

Extracranial metastasis

    

Yes

57

7

19.211

<0.01

No

36

13

  

First treatment

    

Surgery

55

15

38.206

<0.01

SRS

22

10

  

WBRT

16

6