Prognostic Importance of Cumulative Intracranial Tumor Volume in Patients with Gastrointestinal Brain Metastasis Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Autor: Hitoshi Aiyama, Mir Amaan Ali, Osamu Nagano, Ali Al-Attar, Kate T. Carroll, Brian R. Hirshman, Rushikesh S. Joshi, Clark C. Chen, Masaaki Yamamoto, Toru Serizawa
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: World Neurosurgery. 121:e747-e754
ISSN: 1878-8750
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.209
Popis: Background The disease-specific Graded Prognostic Assessment (ds-GPA) for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) tract cancer brain metastases (BM) suggests Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) as the only pertinent prognostic factor. We evaluated the prognostic importance of cumulative intracranial tumor volume (CITV). Methods KPS, CITV, and overall survival were collected from consecutive patients with stereotactic radiosurgery–treated GI BM. Patients were grouped into 2 independent cohorts for development and validation of the model (termed “exploratory” and “validation” cohorts). Analyses were performed using logistic regression, Cox proportional hazards models, Net Reclassification Index (NRI >0), integrated discrimination improvement (IDI >0), and Akaike information criterion. Results In univariable logistic regression models, both CITV and KPS were independently associated with patient survival. The association between CITV and overall survival remained robust after controlling for KPS (P 0 of 0.397 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.165–0.630; P 0 of 0.478 (95% CI, 0.257–0.699; P Conclusions CITV is an important prognostic variable in patients with stereotactic radiosurgery–treated GI BM and augments the prognostic accuracy of the GI-ds-GPA index.
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