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Table 2 Reported frequencies for the first site of metastasis among breast cancer patients

From: Breast cancer brain metastases: biology and new clinical perspectives

Site of metastasis

Brain (%)

Bone (%)

Lung (%)

Liver (%)

Pleura (%)

Alla

7–16

40–51

13–22

6–18

ND

Luminal A

2

47

8

18

7

Luminal B

0

35

16

12

12

TNBC

10

29

21

10

7

HER2-positive

2

29

23

27

8

  1. aSummarized data from the studies reported in [13, 87, 88]
  2. HER human epidermal growth factor receptor, ND not determined, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer
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Breast Cancer Research

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