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Table 1 Summary of included studies

From: Prognostic factors for overall survival in patients with spinal metastasis secondary to prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study ID

Study period

Country

Patients (n)

Patients with MSCC

Age -median (range)

Distribution of involved vertebrae

PSA (ng/ml) -median (range)

Gleason score

Visceral met.

Other bone met.

Involved vertebrae -n

Performance status

Overall survival (median values & OS%)

hormone status

NOS

Ju, 2013 [15]

2002–2011

USA

27

27

65 (46–82)

C-1,CT-3,T-3,TL-7,L-1,LS-1,S-0,C/T/L-5,T/L/S-6

50 (0.1–11,900)

median: 8.5 (range, 6–10)

14

26

NA

KPS:

10–70:19;

80–100:8

1)10 (95%CI, 5–16)m;

2)OS%-1/3/6/9/24 m:

96/81/70/62/40

HR:24;

HN:3

8

Meng, 2016 [16]

2002–2012

China

29

NA

71 (59–83)

C-5,T-11,L-12,S-1

NA

NA

7

10

NA

KPS:

10–70:26;

80–100:3

1)44 (range,1–80)m;

2)OS%-12/24/60 m:

89.7/74.4/19.7

HR:9;

HN:20

7

Huddart, 1997 [21]

1984–1992

UK

69

69

NA

C-5,T-44,L/S-20

NA

NA

NA

NA

1:47;

≥2:20

NA

1)4 (range, 0.2–67)m;

2)OS%-24 m: 25

NA

8

Williams, 2009 [22]

1993–2005

USA

44

44

68 (51–85)

C-1,CT-1,T-3,TL-11,L-4,LS-1,S-3,C/T/L-15,T/L/S-5

27.5 (2.4–1520)

median: 8 (range, 2–10)

34

42

NA

NA

1)5 (95%CI, 1–10)m

2)NA

NA

9

Rades, 2012 [23]

1992–2010

Germany

436

436

NA

NA

NA

NA

100

252

1–2:178;

≥3:258

ECOG:

1–2:220;

3–4:216

1)NA

2)OS%-6/12 m: 57.3/45.0

NA

7

Crnalic, 2011 [24]

2003–2008

Sweden

54

54

HR: 72 (54–88);

HN: 77 (60–85)

C-1,CT-1,T-43,L-9

HR: 190 (0.5–5139);

HN: 140 (21–3704)

6:2; 7:15; 8:7; 9:7; 10:3; NA:20

12

52

1:35; 2:17; 3–4:2

KPS (HR):

10–70:33;

80–100:8

1)HR: 5(range, 0–36)m;

2)OS%-1/3/6/12 m:

89/76/59/41

HR:41

HN:13

7

Drzymalski, 2010 [25]

1990–2009

USA

333

77

68 (43–90)

NA

58.2 (0–19,572)

≥7: 246

37

278

NA

NA

1)24 (95%CI,21–28)m;

2)OS%-12 m:73

NA

8

Crnalic, 2012 [14]

2003–2010

Sweden

68

68

HR: 71 (54–88);

HN: 77 (60–88)

NA

HR:140 (0.06–5139);

HN:147 (21–10,000)

≤6:3; 7:19; 8:9; 9:9; 10:3; NA: 25

17

NA

NA

KPS:

10–70:47;

80–100:21

1)NA

2)OS%-1,3,6,12,24 m: 89.7/72.1/57.4/44.1/23.5

HR:53;

HN:15

7

Zakaria, 2018 [26]

2002–2012

USA

92

NA

73 (51–92)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

1:30; 2:24; 3–4:37

NA

1)4.1 (95%CI, 3.3–6.6)m;

2)NA

NA

6

Rades, 2015 [27]

NA

Germany

243

243

76

NA

NA

NA

65

156

1–2:94;

3–4:84;

≥5:65

ECOG:

1–2:107;

3–4:136

1)NA;

2)OS%-6/12 m:58.4/46.9

NA

6

Lehrmann-Lerche, 2019 [28]

2010–2011

Denmark

76

76

73.2 (50.6–95.8)

C-5, T-53, L-41, S-18

NA

≤7:14; 8:18; ≥9:32; NA:12

NA

48

1:19;

2:19;

≥3:38

NA

1)4.9 (95%CI, 3.6–6.2)m;

2)OS%-3/6/12 m:

64/42/21

NA

8

Weber, 2013 [29]

NA

Germany

95

95

NA

NA

NA

NA

69

NA

1–2:27;

≥3:68

ECOG:

1–2:32;

3–4:63

1)NA;

2)OS%-6/12 m:57.9/46.3

NA

7

  1. NA Not available, MSCC Metastatic spinal cord compression, OS% Percentage of overall survival, NOS Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, PSA Prostate-specific antigen, HR Hormone-refractory prostate cancer, HN Hormone-naive prostate cancer, KPS Karnofsky performance score, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Distribution of involved vertebrae: C Cervical, CT Cervicothoracic, T Thoracic, TL Thoracolumbar, L Lumbar, LS Lumbosacral; S Sacral