| Study | Year | Factors significantly associated wtih increased survival time in    multivariate analysis (p value) | 
      
        | Kilburn | 2014 | none found | 
      
        | Peterson | 2014 | KPS>80, absence of prior WBRT | 
      
        | Jung | 2013 | favorable RTOG RPA class, single metastasis | 
      
        | Sengoz | 2013 | none found | 
      
        | Kawabe | 2012 | favorable KPS (0.001), single metastasis    (0.012), well controlled primary (0.021) | 
      
        | Leeman | 2012 | none found | 
      
        | LI | 2012 | NR | 
      
        | Lin | 2012 | none found | 
      
        | Yoo | 2011 | KPS > 70 (0.0001), RPA 1 or 2 (0.0014) | 
      
        | Valery | 2011 | none found | 
      
        | Hatiboglu | 2011 | smaller pre-SRS tumor volume (0.008),    non-melanoma primary (0.002), no necrosis in pre-SRS MRI (0.04), female sex    (0.03), BSBM 2-3 (0.007), SIR > 5 (0.003) | 
      
        | Kelly | 2011 | none found | 
      
        | Koyfman | 2010 | greater performance status (0.0009), smaller    tumor volume (0.0128) | 
      
        | Samblas | 2009 | NR | 
      
        | Lorenzoni | 2009 | no WBRT (0.005), KPS > 80 (0.0025), primary    tumor controlled (0.007), favorable BSBM (0.00015) | 
      
        | Kased | 2008 | single metastasis (0.003), non-melanoma    primary (0.003), extracranial disease controlled (0.058) | 
      
        | Hussain | 2007 | NR | 
      
        | Fuentes | 2006 | NR | 
      
        | Yen | 2006 | limited systemic disease (0.0293) | 
      
        | Shuto | 2003 | NR | 
      
        | Huang | 1999 | no active extracranial systemic disease    (0.0008) |