Number and site of metastases of all 120 patients with disseminated breast cancer
No | Liver | Lung | Bone | Brain | Others | Choroid | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One site | 68 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Two sites | 35 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
Three sites | 14 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Four sites | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Five sites | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 120 | 26 | 28 | 95 | 18 | 26 | 6 |
Metastases in other than the four organ systems—for example, skin, were stated as “others”. For every patient all sites of metastases were stated.