SKELETAL METASTASES FROM UNKNOWN PRIMARIES - CONSIDERATION OF 71 CASES
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- Published online on: January 1, 1994 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.1.1.151
- Pages: 151-153
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Abstract
Seventy-one cases of metastatic bone disease from unknown primary were analyzed retrospectively to assess diagnostic and therapeutic options. Forty-eight were male, and 23 female; average age 56.4 years (range 24-80). The main presenting symptom was pain. Fifty per cent of patients died within 14 months of symptoms onset and 22.7% were alive after 2 years. Although the prognosis is grave and unaffected by the treatment given, an assiduous diagnostic work-up can anticipate problems and indicate appropriate treatment to substantially improve the patient's quality of life and attitude to his disease.
