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. 2017 Sep 1;12(9):e0182397. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182397

Table 4. Comparison of infiltrating ductal and infiltratinglobular histological types according to the metastasis sites and counts.

ILC
N = 1,128a
IDC
N = 7,511a
P
No. of Patients % No. of Patients %
metastasis sites <0.0001
Bone 1,123 91.52 5444 76.04
Brain 521 4.23 619 8.24
Liver 241 19.64 2293 30.53
Lung 167 13.61 2787 37.11
Counts of metastasis sites <0.0001
One 933 76.04 4706 62.65
Two or more 195 23.96 2805 37.35

ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma;

aThe statistic data only include the patients who had metastasis site records when diagnosed.