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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Spinal bone metastases in gynecologic malignancies: a retrospective analysis of stability, prognostic factors and survival

  

n

%

Age (years)

   

 Median (range)

58 (18–85)

  

Karnofsky PS

   

 60%

 

4

9

 70%

 

14

32

 80%

 

18

41

 90%

 

8

18

Primarius

   

 Uterus

 

16

36

 Ovary

 

14

32

 Cervix

 

9

21

 Vulva

 

4

9

 Fallopian tube

 

1

2

Histology

   

 Ovaries

 

14

32

  Endometrioid

5

36

  Mucinous

2

14

  Papillary serous

2

14

  Clear cell

5

36

 Fallopian tubes

1

2

  Adenocarcinoma

1

100

 Uterus

16

36

  Endometrioid

2

13

  Papillary serous

4

25

  Clear cell

3

18

  Leiomyosarcoma

7

44

 Cervix

9

21

  Squamous cell

9

100

 Vulva

4

9

  Squamous cell

4

100

Number of bone metastases

  

 Mean (range)

2.1 (1–7)

  

 Solitary

 

23

52

 Multiple

 

21

48

Spine involvment

   

 Thoracic

 

15

34

 Lumbar

 

24

55

 Thoracic and lumbar

5

11

Distant metastases

   

 Brain

 

15

44

 Lung

 

20

59

 Liver

 

10

29

 Skin

 

1

3

  1. Abbreviation: KPS Karnofsky performance status.