朱虹, 吕博, 李云海, et al. Analysis of prognostic factors and index model in patients with brain metastases after wholebrain radiotherapy[J]. China Oncology, 2014, 24(6): 457-462.
朱虹, 吕博, 李云海, et al. Analysis of prognostic factors and index model in patients with brain metastases after wholebrain radiotherapy[J]. China Oncology, 2014, 24(6): 457-462. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-3969.2014.06.010.
Analysis of prognostic factors and index model in patients with brain metastases after wholebrain radiotherapy
Background and purpose: Radiation therapy is still the most primary treatment of brain metastases
and prognosis is affected by many factors. The aim of this study was to identify the prognostic factors and to establish a prognostic index model in patients with brain metastases after whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). Methods: We reviewed the clinical date of 140 patients with brain metastases radiotherapy in our hospital from Jan. 2008 to Jul. 2011. The significance of prognostic variables in the survival was resulted from both univariate analysis and multivariate analysis. The prognostic index (PI) was established based on Cox regression analysis and subgrouping values. It was assessed whether recursive partitioning analysis classes (RPA)
basic score for brain metastases (BSBM) and the graded prognostic assessment index (GPA) were related to prognosis. Results: The median survival time was 222 days. The univariate analysis showed that the independent prognostic factors were KPS performance status
number of brain metastases
presence of extracranial metastases
primary tumor status
radiation dose
hemoglobin. The multivariate analysis showed that KPS performance status (P=0.002
Wald=9.700)
presence of extracranial metastases (P=0.018
Wald=5.604) and primary tumor status (P=0.001
Wald=10.212) were significantly correlated with overall survival. RPA
BS-BM and GPA were closely related to their prognosis by Log-rank test. In predicting 3 months and 6 months of survival for patients
PI was better than other modes. Conclusion: Our data suggest that the 3 indexes RPA