A critical review of the chest CT scans performed to detect asymptomatic synchronous metastasis in new and recurrent breast cancers

Table 8 Type of metastasis identified on CTC

Age at presentation	Clinical stage	Metastasis identified on CTC
48	EBC	Lung
55	EBC	Bone, lymph node
83	EBC	Lung
66	EBC	Lung
34	ABC	Liver, bone
46	ABC	Pleural effusion, bone
41	ABC	Pleural effusion, bone, pericardial effusion
79	ABC	Lung, bone
78	ABC	Pleural effusion, bone
61	ABC	Lung, bone, lymph node
59	ABC	Lung
84	ABC	Pleural effusion
54	RBC	Liver, bone, lymph node
47	RBC	Bone, mediastinal node

EBC early breast cancer, ABC advanced breast cancer, RBC recurrent breast cancer

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