Patients | 48 |
Lesions | 54 |
Median overall survival from surgery (months) | 20.2 |
Median age at surgery (years) | 63.5 |
Median time from STI to surgery (months) | 12 |
Gender |
Male | 32 (66.7) |
Female | 16 (33.3) |
Primary cancer |
Lung | 31 (64.6) |
Breast | 9 (18.8) |
Others | 8 (16.6) |
Location |
Supratentrial | 47 (87) |
Infratentrial | 7 (13) |
Neurological deficit |
Yes | 36 (67) |
No | 18 (33) |
RPA classification at surgery |
Class1 | 7 (13) |
Class2 | 18 (33) |
Class3 | 29 (53) |
Radiotherapy before salvage surgery |
STI | 46 (85) |
SRS | 24 (44.5) |
SRT | 17 (31.5) |
Repeated STI | 5 (9) |
WBRT+STI | 8 (15) |
Surgical method |
Minimum resection | 26 (48) |
with radiotherapy | 12 (22) |
without radiotherapy | 14 (26) |
Resection with free margine | 28 (52) |
Pathological diagnosis |
Tumor recurrence + Necrosis | 47 (87) |
Radiation necrosis alone | 7 (13) |
Extent of resection |
Gross total removal | 48 (89) |
Subtotal removal | 6 (11) |
KPS before surgery |
90–100 | 18 (33) |
70–80 | 5 (9) |
50–60 | 20 (37) |
30–40 | 11 (20) |
0–20 | 0 (0) |
KPS after surgery |
90–100 | 24 (44) |
70–80 | 16 (30) |
50–60 | 10 (18.5) |
30–40 | 3 (5.5) |
0–20 | 1 (2) |
Radiotherapy after salvage surgery |
Yes | 20 (38) |
WBRT | 10 (18.5) |
STI | 10 (18.5) |
No | 34 (62) |
Treatment period |
2002–2010 | 19 (40) |
2011–2019 | 29 (60) |