Table 1.
Patient no. | Age/ gender | Location of the primary tumor | Primary tumor size (mm) | AJCC stage at presentation | Treatments before metastasis | Imaging method | Distant metastasis | Latency from diagnosis to metastas(days) | Latency from metastasis to death (days) | Follow-up (days) |
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1 | 82 F | Head and neck | 10 | IV | Palliative surgery | Body CT, head MRI | Liver, lung, DLN, ST, orbita | 104 | 101 | 205 |
2 | 72 M | Unknown primary | NA | IV | Palliative radiation therapy | US neck, abdomen | DLN | 101 | 21 | 122 |
3 | 60 F | Lower extremity | 17 | I | Surgery, radiation therapy | THX CT | Heart | 984 | 34 | 1018 |
4 | 84 M | Upper extremity | 30 | II | Surgery, radiation therapy | Body CT, MRI | Bone, DLN, ST | 400 | 57 | 457 |
5 | 86 F | Lower extremity | 11 | I | Surgery | Body CT, abdominal US | DLN | 544 | 242 | 786 |
6 | 56 F | Lower extremity | 15 | I | Surgery | Body CT | DLN | 5194 | 213 | 5407 |
7 | 81 F | Head and neck | 13 | I | Surgery | BSc | Bone | 84 | 2693 | 2777 |
8 | 87 F | Upper extremity | 26 | III | Palliative surgery, palliative radiation therapy | BSc | Kidney, bone | 4420 | 57 | 4477 |
9 | 77 M | Parotis/head and neck | 25 | IV | Surgery, chemo therapy | Neck, THX CT | Liver | 11 | 166 | 177 |
10 | 83 F | Head and neck | 20 | II | Surgery including SNB, radiation therapy | Body CT | DLN | 335 | 315 | 650 |
11 | 78 F | Head and neck | 20 | III | Surgery | Body CT | Adrenal gland, DLN | 1985 | 28 | 2013 |
12 | 72 F | Lower extremity | 13 | I | Surgery | Abdominal, Head CT | DLN, brain | 1196 | 578 | 1774 |
13 | 80 M | Head and neck | 14 | I | Surgery, radiation therapy | FDG-PET-CT | Liver, DLN | 221 | 95 | 316 |
14 | 73 M | Upper extremity | 26 | II | Surgery, radiation therapy | Body CT | Liver | 948 | 99 | 1047 |
15 | 61 M | Lower extremity | 35 | III | Surgery, radiation therapy | Body CT | Liver, pancreas, lung, adrenal | 1106 | 293 | 1399 |
16 | 86 F | Posterior torso | 40 | II | Surgery | THX CT | Lung | 361 | 18 | 379 |
17 | 78 M | Head and neck | 18 | I | Surgery, radiation therapy | Body CT | Pancreas, lung, anus, retroperitoneal and peritoneal cavity | 859 | 46 | 905 |
18 | 78 M | Lower extremity | 40 | II | Surgery | Body CT | DLN, ST | 616 | 191 | 807 |
19 | 76 M | Lower extremity | 100 | II | Surgery, radiation therapy | Body CT, MRI | Stomach, ST | NA | 143 | 376 |
20 | 87 F | Upper extremity | 6 | I | Surgery | Abdominal CT | Liver | 502 | 21 | 523 |
21 | 89 F | Lower extremity | 30 | III | Surgery | Abdominal CT | Pancreas, DLN | 882 | 31 | 913 |
22 | 72 M | Head and neck | 10 | IV | Palliative radiation therapy, chemotherapy | Abdominal CT | Liver, stomach, lung right, ST, DLN retroperitoneal and peritoneal cavity | 527 | 81 | 608 |
23 | 81 M | Lower extremity | 50 | II | Surgery including SNB | Neck, body CT | DLN, pancreas | 230 | 242 | 472 |
24 | 66 F | Head and neck | NA | III | Surgery, radiation therapy | FDG-PET-CT | Bone, lung | 299 | 189 | 485 |
25 | 65 F | Upper extremity | 10 | I | Surgery | Head, body CT | Liver, lung, bone, brain, DLN | 119 | 471 | 590 |
26 | 50 M | Head and neck | 20 | II | Surgery | Body CT | DLN, ST | 366 | 482 | 848 |
27 | 76 M | Head and neck | 15 | I | Surgery including neck dissection radiation therapy | Neck, abdomen, THX CT | Spinal cord, bone, DLN, ST, retroperitoneal and peritoneal cavity | 303 | 83 | 386 |
28 | 86 M | Unknown primary | NA | IV | No treatment | Head, body CT | Lung, liver, spinal cord channel, bone, ST | 46 | 14 | 60 |
29 | 68 M | Upper extremity | 20 | II | Surgery | Body, THX CT, head MRI, neck US | Lungs, DLN, ST, pancreas, brain, pleura | 548 | 110 | 658 |
30 | 74 F | Head and neck | 40 | II | Surgery, radiation therapy | THX CT, neck MRI | DLN | 158 | 1857 | 2015 |
BSc, bone scintigraphy; CT, computed tomography; DLN, distant lymph nodes; FDG-PET-CT, fluoro deoxy glucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NA, not available; ST, subcutaneous tissue; THX, thorax; US, ultrasound.