Table 1.
Characteristics of the 30 patients with bone metastases.
| Total patients | N = 30 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||||
| Median | 58.4 ± 13.8 | ||||
| Range | 25 - 78 | ||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 18 (60%) | ||||
| Female | 12 (40%) | ||||
| Inspection purpose | |||||
| Newly diagnosed | 22 (73.3%) | ||||
| Suspected recurrence or progression | 8 (26.7%) | ||||
| Time interval (days) | |||||
| Median | 2.6 ± 1.9 | ||||
| Range | 1 - 7 | ||||
| Pathological types | |||||
| Lung cancer | 11 (36.7%) | ||||
| Thyroid cancer | 5 (16.7%) | ||||
| Liver cancer | 5 (16.7%) | ||||
| Prostate cancer | 3 (10.0%) | ||||
| Breast cancer | 1 (3.3%) | ||||
| Nasopharyngeal cancer | 1 (3.3%) | ||||
| Cervical cancer | 1 (3.3%) | ||||
| Ovarian cancer | 1 (3.3%) | ||||
| Renal cancer | 1 (3.3%) | ||||
| Pancreatic cancer | 1 (3.3%) | ||||
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