Table 1.
Details on type and site of lesions
| Disease | Patients | LN | No LN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung cancer | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| Neuroendocrine neoplasm | 5 | 7 | |
| Gastrointestinal neoplasm | 3 | 4 | |
| Lymphoma | 2 | 8 | |
| Breast cancer | 1 | 6 | |
| Cancer of unknown primary | 2 | 4 | |
| Ovarian carcinoma | 1 | 1 | |
| Thyroid carcinoma | 1 | 4 | |
| Total | 25 | 32 | 33 |
Note A total of 65 malignant lesions in 25 patients were included. Thirty-two lesions where located within lymph nodes (LN) of which eight were lymphomas and 24 lymph node metastases. The remaining 33 lesion consisted of 12 organ metastases (liver, brain, bone, etc.) and 21 primary tumours