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Table 1 Patient characteristics, n = 25 (no male patients included)

From: The challenge of durable brain control in patients with brain-only metastases from breast cancer

Median age, range (years)

58, 37–82

Median KPS, range

80, 50–100

KPS 80–100 vs. 70 vs. <70 (%)

80, 16, 4

Single brain metastasis (%)

24

More than 3 brain metastases (%)

60

Infratentorial metastases only/supratentorial metastases only/botha (%)

20, 40, 40

Controlled primary tumor (%)

88

Triple-negative tumor (%)

32

HER2 positive and ER/PR negative (%)

32

HER2 positive and ER or PR positive (%)

8

Headache (%)

28

Ataxia (%)

28

Dizziness (%)

32

Coordination deficit (%)

12

Visual disturbance (%)

12

Seizures (%)

16

Motor deficit (%)

16

Speech disturbance (%)

36

Cognitive deficit (%)

24

Asymptomatic (%)

8

  1. KPS Karnofsky performance status, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor
  2. aOnly one lesion was located in the brain stem