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Table 7 Metastasis patterns in patients with luminal subtypes 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 first recurrence

Time to recurrence

Total (n = 206)

p

<5 years (n = 101)

≥5 years (n = 105)

Pulmonary metastasis

71 (70.2)

83 (79.0)

154

0.150

Bone metastasis

58 (57.4)

50 (47.6)

108

0.160

Brain metastasis

9 (8.9)

4 (3.8)

13

0.134

Liver metastasis

20 (19.8)

15 (14.2)

35

0.294

LN metastasis

13 (12.8)

24 (22.8)

37

0.062

Skin metastasis

20 (19.8)

19 (18.0)

39

0.756