Fig. 2.

a. Modified boxplot depicting time in months from primary diagnosis of breast cancer (n = 191) to brain metastasies comparing two periods (1994–2004 and 2005–2014. The left and right endpoints of the bars represent the first and third quartiles respectively, while the circle denotes the median. b. Modified boxplot depicting time in months from diagnosis of extra cranial metastases (n = 95) to brain metastases comparing two periods (1994–2004 and 2005–2014). The left and right endpoints of the bars represent the first and third quartiles respectively, while the circle denotes the median.