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Table 3 Metastatic sites and radiotherapy

From: Radiotherapy in patients with distant metastatic breast cancer

Metastatic sites

Number of patients

Number of patients who had radiotherapy

(% of the study cohort, n = 340)

(% of the metastatic site occurrence)

Bone

237 (69.7)

108 (45.6)

Lung

175 (51.5)

1 (0.6)

Liver

149 (43.8)

1 (0.7)

Brain

64 (18.8)

55 (85.9)

Lymph nodes (excluding

97 (28.5)

8 (8.2)

ipsilateral locoregional LNs)

  

Other locations

60 (17.6)

9 (15.0)

Local recurrence (breast and/or ipsilateral locoregional LNs)1

66 (19.4)

22 (33.3)

  1. LN: lymph node.
  2. 1Only cases with local recurrences which were diagnosed and had radiotherapy after the diagnosis of other distant metastases.