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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included patients

From: Early experience with percutaneous photodynamic nails for sacral metastatic disease and insufficiency fractures: a retrospective cohort analysis of functionality and pain relief

Ā 

Total (N = 14)

Age (years)+

70 (62, 73)

Female sex

7 (50%)

Age-adjusted CCI+

9.5 (9, 11)

Primary cancer

Ā 

ā€ƒMultiple myeloma

2 (14%)

ā€ƒBreast

2 (14%)

ā€ƒLung

1 (7%)

ā€ƒRCC

1 (7%)

ā€ƒThyroid

2 (14%)

ā€ƒProstate

2 (14%)

ā€ƒOther

4 (29%)

Katagiri classification

Ā 

ā€ƒSlow growth

5 (36%)

ā€ƒModerate growth

5 (36%)

ā€ƒRapid growth

4 (29%)

Additional sites of metastases

9 (64%)

ā€ƒLung

5 (36%)

ā€ƒLymph nodes

4 (29%)

ā€ƒLiver

2 (14%)

ā€ƒOther

1 (7%)

Systemic therapy

12 (86%)

ā€ƒNeoadjuvant

9 (82%)

ā€ƒAdjuvant

11 (92%)

Radiation therapy

8 (57%)

ā€ƒNeoadjuvant

7 (88%)

ā€ƒAdjuvant

5 (63%)

Follow-up (years)+

1.4 (1.2, 2.8)

  1. CCI: Charlson comorbidity index; RCC: renal cell carcinoma
  2. + Values in these rows refer to the median and interquartile ranges between parentheses