Table 1.
Disease types and list of histologically proven diagnoses (n=56). Primary tumour staging according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)
| Primary tumours (n = 28): | AJCC staging: | |||
| IB | IIA | IIB | III | |
| Chondrosarcoma (10) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Ewing’s sarcoma (6) | - | - | 6 | - |
| Osteosarcoma (4) | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Hemangiopericytoma (1) | - | - | - | 1 |
| Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (not otherwise specified) (3) | - | - | - | 3 |
| Fibrosarcoma (2) | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Liposarcoma (2) | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 |
| Secondary bone tumours (n = 28): | Single lesions | Multiple lesions | ||
| Renal cell carcinoma (12) | 10 | 2 | ||
| Mamma carcinoma (5) | 2 | 3 | ||
| Thyroid cancer (3) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) (2) | 2 | - | ||
| Oral cancer (2) | 2 | - | ||
| Prostate cancer (1) | - | 1 | ||
| Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (1) | 1 | - | ||
| Rectal cancer (1) | 1 | - | ||
| Esophageal cancer (1) | 1 | - | ||
| Total | 21 | 7 | ||