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. 2012 Nov 21;471(2):628–639. doi: 10.1007/s11999-012-2699-3

Table 1.

Primary tumor types of 92 patients in this study

Primary tumor type Number of patients Percent
Breast 4 4.3
Colon 7 7.6
Kidney 18 19.6
Liver 3 3.3
Lung 20 21.6
Prostate 12 13.0
Thyroid 7 7.6
Unknown 9 9.8
Sarcoma 4 4.3
Other* 8 8.7
Total 92 100.0

* Others include gallbladder carcinoma, one case; uterus, two cases; larynx carcinoma, one case; lymphoma, one case; pancreas carcinoma, two cases; and malignant pheochromocytoma, one case; unknown = patients whose primary tumor type was unclear.