Differences in Pain Intensity of Tumors Spread to the Anterior versus Anterolateral/Lateral Portions of the Vertebral Body Based on CT Scans

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 86 patients with tumor spread to the vertebral body.

Characteristics	No. of patients (%)
Age (years)
Median (range)	65 (25–89)
Sex
Male/female	58/28
Primary site of tumor
Urothelial carcinoma	49 (57)
Nonurothelial carcinoma	37 (43)
Disease extent to the vertebral body
Locoregional spread	50 (58)
Distant metastases	36 (42)
Tumor spread to the vertebral body
Anterior	39 (45)
Lateral	22 (26)
Anterior and lateral	25 (29)
Spine location
Cervical-thoracic	14 (16)
Lumbar-sacral	72 (84)
Number tumor involvement of one vertebral body
Single	64 (74)
Multiple (≥2)	22 (26)
Pattern of bone metastasis
Osteolytic	82 (95)
Osteoblastic	3 (3)
Mixed osteolytic with osteoblastic	1 (1)
Pain intensity
Moderate
Severe^

need Ultracet for pain relief. ^need strong opioids or palliative spinal irradiation for pain relief.