Table 1.
Patient demographics, treatment and survival
| Case | Age / sex | Primary tumour | Clinical presentation | Length of symptoms | Other metastasis at presentation | Treatment | Survival |
| 1 | 77 F | Uterus | Pain, swelling | 20 wks | – | – | 2.3 mths |
| 2 | 52 F | Breast | Pain, swelling | 20 wks | Clavicle, chest wall | Radiotherapy | 35.5 mths |
| 3 | 75 F | Bladder | Pain, swelling | 40 wks | – | Radiotherapy | 5.9 mths |
| 4 | 64 M | Lung | Pain, swelling | 6 wks | – | Radiotherapy | 11.5 mths |
| 5 | 77 M | Melanoma | Pain, swelling | 26 wks | – | Below-knee amputation | 26.9 mths |
| 6 | 64 M | Kidney | Pain | 36 wks | – | 1st ray amputation | 104.5 mths |
| 7 | 67 M | Melanoma | Pain, swelling | 24 wks | – | – | 3.1 mths |
| 8 | 83 F | Bladder | Pain, swelling | 104 wks | – | Below-knee amputation | 32.1 mths |
| 9 | 40 F | Lung | Pain, swelling | 52 wks | – | Radiotherapy | 18.2 mths |
| 10 | 14 F | Rhabdomyosarcoma | Pain, swelling | 104 wks | Inguinal nodes | Radiotherapy | 12.9 mths |
| 11 | 64 F | Vagina | Pain | 12 wks | – | – | 4.1 mths |
| 12 | 77 M | Lung | Pain | 8 wks | – | Radiotherapy | 16.7 mths |
| 13 | 82 F | Anus | Pain, swelling | 36 wks | – | Radiotherapy | 7.2 mths |
| 14 | 81 M | Lung | Pain | 24 wks | – | Radiotherapy | 13.6 mths |
| 15 | 52 F | Breast | Pain, swelling | 12 wks | Ribs, liver | Radiotherapy | 6.9 mths |