Table 5 Metastasis patterns according to the time to diagnosis of breast cancer recurrence
From: Factors that predict recurrence later than 5 years after initial treatment in operable breast cancer
Site of recurrences | Time to recurrence | Total (n = 300) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
<5 years (n = 180) | ≥5 years (n = 120) | |||
Pulmonary metastasis | 132 (73.3) | 91 (75.8) | 223 | 0.102 |
Bone metastasis | 82 (45.5) | 58 (48) | 140 | 1.051 |
Brain metastasis | 22 (12.2) | 4 (3.3) | 26 | 0.007 |
Liver metastasis | 57 (31.6) | 20 (16.6) | 77 | 0.004 |
LN metastasis | 38 (21.1) | 29 (24.1) | 67 | 0.534 |
Skin metastasis | 32 (17.7) | 22 (18.3) | 54 | 0.902 |
Locoregional recurrence | 10 (5.0) | 16 (8.0) | 26 | 0.019 |
Distant metastasis | 170 (94.4) | 104 (86.6) | 274 | 0.088 |
Multiple site metastasis | 132 (73.3) | 76 (63.3) | 208 | 0.066 |