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Table 1: Demographic variables in 902 patients with bone metastases. |
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Variables |
Total n (%) |
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Age (years), median [range] |
61 [17–91] |
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Sex |
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Male |
491 (54.4) |
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Female |
411 (45.6) |
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Location |
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Axial |
448 (49.7) |
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Appendicular |
77 (8.5) |
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Both |
377 (41.8) |
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Number of bones affected |
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One bone |
87 (9.6) |
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Two bones |
64 (7.1) |
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> 3 bones |
751 (83.3) |
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Metastasis to other organs |
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Yes |
367 (40.7) |
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No |
535 (59.3) |
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Type of metastasis |
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Lytic |
345 (38.3) |
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Blastic |
270 (29.9) |
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Mixed |
287 (31.8) |
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Pain |
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Yes |
696 (77.2) |
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No |
206 (22.8) |
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Presence of fracture |
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Yes |
154 (17.1) |
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No |
748 (82.1) |
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Type of cancer |
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Prostate |
290 (32.2) |
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Lung |
251 (27.8) |
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Breast |
243 (26.9) |
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Kidney |
39 (4.3) |
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Others |
79 (8.8) |
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Overall survival (months), median [range] |
15 [1-180] |
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Death from disease |
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Yes |
783 (86.8) |
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No |
119 (13.2) |