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. 2021 Mar;10(3):1273–1283. doi: 10.21037/tcr-20-3319

Table 2. Characteristics of secondary liver cancer patients from the six most common primary sites.

Characteristic Total, No. (%) Stomach, No. (%) Cecum, No. (%) Colorectum, No. (%) Pancreas, No. (%) Lung, No. (%) Breast, No. (%)
All subjects 68,591 (100.0) 3,915 (100.0) 3,542 (100.0) 1,8334 (100.0) 1,6841 (100.0) 22,214 (100.0) 3,745 (100.0)
Age at diagnosis, years
   <40 1,654 (2.4) 128 (3.3) 62 (1.8) 768 (4.2) 219 (1.3) 140 (0.6) 337 (9.0)
   40–59 19,707 (28.7) 1,127 (28.8) 1,005 (28.4) 6,620 (36.1) 4,209 (25.0) 5,120 (23.0) 1,626 (43.4)
   60–79 36,284 (52.9) 2,022 (51.6) 1,736 (49.0) 8,201 (44.7) 9,350 (55.5) 13,551 (61.0) 1,424 (38.0)
   ≥80 10,946 (16.0) 638 (16.3) 739 (20.9) 2,745 (15.0) 3,063 (18.2) 3,403 (15.3) 358 (9.6)
Tumor size, cm
   <2 3,361 (4.9) 101 (2.6) 89 (2.5) 471 (2.6) 650 (3.9) 1,629 (7.3) 421 (11.2)
   2–4 21,855 (31.9) 596 (15.2) 981 (27.7) 4,295 (23.4) 7,751 (46.0) 6,967 (31.4) 1,265 (33.8)
   5–9 19,141 (27.9) 758 (19.4) 1,401 (39.6) 5,740 (31.3) 4,204 (25.0), 6,127 (27.6) 911 (24.3)
   ≥10 2,795 (4.1) 220 (5.6) 171 (4.8) 826 (4.5) 323 (1.9) 962 (4.3) 293 (7.8)
   Unknown 21,439 (31.3) 2,240 (57.2) 900 (25.4) 7,002 (38.2) 3,913 (23.2) 6,529 (29.4) 855 (22.8)
Grade
   Grade I 1,620 (2.4) 97 (2.5) 192 (5.4) 665 (3.6) 343 (2.0) 195 (0.9) 128 (3.4)
   Grade II 14,484 (21.1) 933 (23.8) 1,684 (47.5) 8,847 (48.3) 1,095 (6.5) 918 (4.1) 1,007 (26.9)
   Grade III 12,427 (18.1) 1,814 (46.3) 687 (19.4) 2,892 (15.8) 1,693 (10.1) 3,748 (16.9) 1,593 (42.5)
   Grade IV 2,023 (2.9) 75 (1.9) 159 (4.5) 501 (2.7) 146 (0.9) 1,110 (5.0) 32 (0.9)
   Unknown 38,037 (55.5) 996 (25.4) 820 (23.2) 5,429 (29.6) 13,564 (80.5) 16,243 (73.1) 985 (26.3)
N–stage
   Node negative 2,588 (3.8) 65 (1.7) 270 (7.6) 1,710 (9.3) 228 (1.4) 167 (0.8) 148 (4.0)
   Node positive 11,671 (17.0) 248 (6.3) 1,821 (51.4) 5,938 (32.4) 507 (3.0) 2,010 (9.0) 1,147 (30.6)
   Unknown 54,332 (79.2) 3,602 (92.0) 1,451 (41.0) 10,686 (58.3) 16,106 (95.6) 20,037 (90.2) 2,450 (65.4)
Additional metastasis
   None 37,828 (55.2) 2,756 (70.4) 2,594 (73.2) 12,431 (67.8) 12,273 (72.9) 6,822 (30.7) 952 (25.4)
   Bone 7,313 (10.7) 207 (5.3) 90 (2.5) 506 (2.8) 592 (3.5) 4,792 (21.6) 1,126 (30.1)
   Brain 1,477 (2.2) 22 (0.6) 5 (0.1) 52 (0.3) 36 (0.2) 1,329 (6.0) 33 (0.9)
   Lung 9,461 (13.8) 490 (12.5) 588 (16.6) 3,721 (20.3) 2,272 (13.5) 2,054 (9.2) 336 (9.0)
   Two or Three 7,574 (11.0) 156 (4.0) 101 (2.9) 546 (3.0) 442 (2.6) 5,317 (23.9) 1,012 (27.0)
   Unknown 4,938 (7.2) 284 (7.3) 164 (4.6) 1,078 (5.9) 1,226 (7.3) 1,900 (8.6) 286 (7.6)