Table 1.

Patient demographics and disease characteristics.

Category	Subcategory	N	%
Life Status	Alive	62	37.1
	Deceased	105	62.9
Race	Caucasian	152	91.3
	African-American	13	7.6
	Asian	2	1.2
de novo BM	Yes	37	22.2
	No	130	77.8
Metastases	Bone only	24	14.4
	Other sites	143	85.6
Surgery	Yes	76	45.5
	No	91	54.5
Pathology Subtype	Ductal	134	80.2
	Lobular	14	8.4
	Ductal and Lobular (Mixed)	9	5.4
	Unknown	10	6.0