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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2017 Dec 19;124(5):1008–1015. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31173

Table 1. Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of 70 Bone Metastases From 64 Patients.

Characteristic No [% ]
Number of procedures 70 [100]
Age, years
Mean 70.3 + 8.7
Median 71
Radiologic appearance of bone metastasis
Blastic 61 [87.1]
Lytic 8 [11.4]
Mixed 1 [1.4]
Location
Iliac bone 38 [54.3]
Lumbar vertebra 10 [14.3]
Thoracic vertebra 7 [10.0]
Sacrum 4 [5.7]
Femur 3 [4.3]
Pubic bone 2 [2.9]
Rib 2 [2.9]
Ischiac bone 2 [2.9]
Sternum 1 [1.4]
Humerus 1 [1.4]
Biopsy diagnostic
Yes 60 [85.7]
No 10 [14.3]
Histologic subtype(a)
Adenocarcinoma, usual 55 [91.7]
Adenocarcinoma, with neuroendocrine differentiation 3 [5.0]
Small cell carcinoma 2 [3.3]
(a)

Percentages based on 60 diagnostic biopsies