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Neil C Estabrook1, Stephen T Lutz2, Cynthia S Johnson3
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Aim:
To compare the clinical utility of the Recursive Partitioning Analysis (RPA) and Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA) in predicting outcomes for moderate prognosis patients with brain metastases.
Methods & Materials:
We reviewed 101 whole brain radiotherapy cases. RPA and GPA were calculated. Overall survival was compared.
Results:
Sixty-eight patients had moderate prognosis. RPA patient characteristics for increased death hazard were ≤10 WBRT fractions or no surgery/radiosurgery. GPA patients had increased death risk with no surgery/radiosurgery or lower Karnofsky Performance Status.
Conclusion:
The indices have similar predicted survival. Patients scored by RPA with longer radiation schedules had longer survival; patients scored by GPA did not. This indicates GPA is more clinically useful, leaving less room for subjective treatment choices.
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