Table 4.
Percentage estimation of risk of tumour spread after biopsy
| Type of Cancer | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | |||||||
| Percentage risk of tumour spread post-biopsy | Breast | Hemato-logical | Gastro-intestinal | Bone | Genito-urinary | Others | Total |
| Less than or equal to | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 60 |
| 50 percent (± 50%) | (31.7%) | (13.3%) | (18.3%) | (8.3%) | (8.3%) | (20%) | (100%) |
| More than 50 to 90 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| percent (>50 - 90%) | (11.8%) | (17.6%) | (23.5%) | (5.9%) | (17.6%) | (23.5%) | (100%) |
| More than 90 to 100 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| percent (>90 - 100%) | (57.1%) | (14.3%) | (28.6%) | (0%) | (0%) | (0%) | (100%) |