Table 3.
Thyroid cancer diagnosis subtypes, bone metastases, and bone surgery sites.
| Thyroid cancer subtype | Total number of patients | Patients with bone metastases (percentage of total) |
Patients who had surgery on bone metastases (percentage of pts with bone mets) | Surgery sites | Other treatments (patients treated/total getting surgery) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaplastic | 264 | 22 (8.3) | 2 (9.1) | Femur (2) | XRT, chemo (2/2) |
| Follicular | 637 | 96 (15.1) | 21 (21.9) | Hand metacarpal (1), radius (1), humerus (6), pelvis (5), femur (8) | XRT (2/21) |
| Hurthle | 342 | 44 (12.9) | 10 (22.7) | Humerus (5), scapula (1), pelvis (2), femur (2) | XRT, chemo (4/10) |
| Medullary | 866 | 134 (15.5) | 2 (1.5) | Humerus (1), femur (1) | Chemo (1/2) |
| Papillary | 6572 | 254 (3.9) | 6 (2.4) | Radius (1), humerus (1), femur (4) | None |
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| Total | 8681 | 550 (6.3) | 41 (7.5) | ||