Poor Karnofsky performance status is not a contraindication for neurosurgical resection in patients with lung cancer brain metastases: a multicenter, retrospective PSM-IPTW cohort study - Takeaways - MDSpire

Poor Karnofsky performance status is not a contraindication for neurosurgical resection in patients with lung cancer brain metastases: a multicenter, retrospective PSM-IPTW cohort study

  • By

  • Lun Liang

  • Liangbao Wen

  • Shixing Qin

  • Zhenqiang He

  • Jie Lu

  • Run Cui

  • Xiaobing Jiang

  • Hongrong Hu

  • Sheng Zhong

  • Chang Li

  • Chengwei Yu

  • Yuang Xie

  • Zhenning Wang

  • Hao Duan

  • Yonggao Mou

  • March 20, 2023

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    Lung cancer is the most common primary cancer in brain metastases, accounting for up to 56% of cases.

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    Poor Karnofsky performance status (KPS) has traditionally been associated with poor outcomes in patients with brain metastases.

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    This study included 386 patients with lung cancer brain metastases and pretreatment KPS ≤ 70 to evaluate surgical resection outcomes.

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    Surgical resection may provide survival benefits for patients with lung cancer brain metastases despite poor KPS.

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    The study utilized propensity score matching and inverse probability of treatment weighting to reduce bias in outcome analysis.

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Poor Karnofsky performance status is not a contraindication for neurosurgical resection in patients with lung cancer brain metastases: a multicenter, retrospective PSM-IPTW cohort study

  • by Lun Liang, Liangbao Wen, Shixing Qin, Zhenqiang He, Jie Lu, Run Cui, Xiaobing Jiang, Hongrong Hu, Sheng Zhong, Chang Li, Chengwei Yu, Yuang Xie, Zhenning Wang, Hao Duan, Yonggao Mou

  • March 20, 2023

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