Stable metastases | Unstable metastases | All patients | p-value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 61.8 +/− 11.0 | 63.7 +/− 11.0 | 62.7 +/− 11.1 | 0.973 | |||
Gender | Male | 246 | 50 | 243 | 50 | 489 | 53 | 0.983 |
Female | 214 | 50 | 212 | 50 | 426 | 47 | ||
KPS | <80 | 195 | 46 | 227 | 54 | 422 | 46 | 0.023 |
> = 80 | 265 | 54 | 228 | 46 | 493 | 54 | ||
Primary site | ||||||||
NSCLC | 211 | 50 | 214 | 50 | 425 | 46 | 0.038 | |
Breast cancer | 83 | 47 | 92 | 53 | 175 | 20 | ||
Renal cancer | 72 | 45 | 87 | 55 | 159 | 17 | ||
Other | 94 | 60 | 62 | 40 | 156 | 17 | ||
Localization metastases | ||||||||
Thoracic | 275 | 49 | 288 | 51 | 563 | 62 | 0.275 | |
Lumbar | 185 | 53 | 167 | 47 | 352 | 38 | ||
Number metastases | ||||||||
Solitary | 243 | 58 | 174 | 42 | 417 | 46 | <0.001 | |
Multiple | 217 | 44 | 281 | 56 | 498 | 54 | ||
Other distant metastases | ||||||||
Liver | 102 | 55 | 84 | 45 | 186 | 20 | 0.163 | |
Brain | 71 | 56 | 56 | 44 | 127 | 14 | 0.176 | |
Lung | 111 | 58 | 81 | 42 | 192 | 21 | 0.019 | |
Skin | 26 | 72 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 4 | 0.007 | |
Bisphosphonates | 327 | 51 | 320 | 49 | 647 | 71 | 0.801 | |
Chemotherapy | 266 | 53 | 236 | 47 | 502 | 55 | 0.065 | |
Orthopedic corset | 140 | 32 | 302 | 68 | 442 | 48 | <0.001 | |
Radiotherapy schedule | ||||||||
10 × 3 Gy | 349 | 53 | 314 | 47 | 663 | 72 | 0.092 | |
14 × 2.5 Gy | 36 | 40 | 53 | 60 | 89 | 10 | ||
20 × 2 Gy | 68 | 45 | 82 | 55 | 150 | 16 | ||
Other | 7 | 54 | 6 | 46 | 13 | 1 |