Retrospective study of 229 surgically treated patients with brain metastases: Prognostic factors outcome and comparison of recursive partitioning analysis and diagnosis-specific graded prognostic assessment

摘要

Background:Metastases are the most frequent tumors in the brain. Most often used scoring systems to predict the outcome are the RPA (Recursive Partitioning Analysis) classification and the DS-GPA (Diagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic Assessment) score. The goal of our study was to determine prognostic factors which influence outcome in patients who undergo surgery for brain metastases and to compare different outcome scores.