Table 4.
Finding | % of Patients† |
---|---|
Lytic lesions | 66 |
Pathologic fracture | 26 |
Compression fracture | 22 |
Osteoporosis | 23 |
Osteosclerosis | 0.5 |
Negative | 21 |
N = 1005.
Total surpasses 100% because many patients had more than 1 abnormality.
Data from Lipton A. Pathophysiology of bone metastases: how this knowledge may lead to therapeutic intervention. J Support Oncol 2004;2:205–220.