0000000000113753
AUTHOR
K Riecke
149P Predicting prognosis of breast cancer patients with brain metastases in the BMBC registry: Comparison of three different prognostic scores
Charakteristika und Überlebensanalyse der Patienten mit asymptomatischen Hirnmetastasen eines Mammakarzinoms
Validierung des Breast-GPA Scores bei Patientinnen mit Hirnmetastasen eines Mammakarzinoms im BMBC-Register (GBG-79)
Characteristics and Clinical Outcome of Breast Cancer Patients with Asymptomatic Brain Metastases
Background: Brain metastases (BM) have become a major challenge in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Methods: The aim of this analysis was to characterize patients with asymptomatic BM (n = 580) in the overall cohort of 2589 patients with BM from our Brain Metastases in Breast Cancer Network Germany (BMBC) registry. Results: Compared to symptomatic patients, asymptomatic patients were slightly younger at diagnosis (median age: 55.5 vs. 57.0 years, p = 0.01), had a better performance status at diagnosis (Karnofsky index 80&ndash