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. 2015 Oct 15;6(36):38658–38666. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.6130

Table 2. Frequencies of combination metastasis.

Features Colon cancer Rectal cancer P value
Number (%) Number (%)
One site
 Only liver 3,590 10.01 777 7.66 <0.001
 Only lung 283 0.79 172 1.70 <0.001
 Only bone 33 0.09 27 0.27 <0.001
 Only brain 22 0.06 6 0.06 0.938
Two sites
 Lung and liver 803 2.24 288 2.84 <0.001
 Lung and bone 22 0.06 15 0.15 0.007
 Lung and brain 8 0.02 4 0.04 0.345
 Liver and bone 88 0.25 33 0.33 0.165
 Liver and brain 9 0.03 2 0.02 0.760
 Bone and brain 1 0.003 1 0.007 0.340
Three sites
 Lung and liver and bone 90 0.25 28 0.28 0.658
 Lung and liver and brain 23 0.06 1 0.03 0.035
 Liver and bone and brain 5 0.01 0 0 --
 Bone and brain and lung 2 0.005 0 0 --
Four sites
 Liver and lung and bone and brain 8 0.02 3 0.03 0.676