Table 3. Association between the radiographic appearance of the bone metastases and the primary tumour characteristics.
|
Histological grade (%) |
ER status (%) |
Tumour type (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiographic appearance of bone metastases | 1 | 2 | 3 | +VE | −VE | Ductal NST | Tubular mixed | Lobular | Mixed ductal and lobular | Pure tubular |
| Occult | 3 (21.5) | 11 (15.5) | 20 (22) | 32 (21) | 16 (28) | 22 (20) | 3 (12.5) | 7 (28) | 0 | 0 |
| Visible | ||||||||||
| Lytic | 7 (50) | 27 (38.5) | 38 (41) | 59 (39) | 18 (31) | 48 (43) | 9 (37.5) | 10 (40) | 3 (25) | 2 (100) |
| Mixed | 3 (21.5) | 14 (20) | 16 (17) | 30 (20) | 11 (19) | 19 (17) | 7 (29) | 3 (12) | 4 (33) | 0 |
| Sclerotic | 1 (7) | 18 (26) | 18 (20) | 31 (20) | 13 (22) | 22 (20) | 5 (21) | 5 (20) | 5 (42) | 0 |
| Univariate analysis | NS | NS | NS | |||||||
NS=no significant relationship.