Research Article
Cryoablation of Primary Breast Cancer in Patients with Metastatic Disease: Considerations Arising from a Single-Centre Data Analysis
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| | Characteristic | Number (%) |
| | Age (years) mean, SD, range | 58 ± 12 (37–81) | | Affected breast | | | Left | 15 (42.85) | | Right | 20 (57.15) | | Tumor distribution | | | Upper external quadrant | 13 (37.15) | | Lower external quadrant | 6 (17.14) | | Upper internal quadrant | 6 (17.14) | | Lower internal quadrant | 4 (11.43) | | Multicentric | 6 (17.14) | | Histotype of breast carcinoma | | | Invasive ductal | 32 (91.4) | | Invasive lobular | 3 (8.6) | | Tumour size (cm) mean, SD, range | 3.02 ± 1.40 (1.3–6.7) | | Site of distant metastases | | | Skeleton | 30 (85.71) | | Liver | 1 (2.86) | | Lungs | 3 (8.57) | | Skeleton + liver | 1 (2.86) |
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