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World J Clin Oncol. Sep 24, 2025; 16(9): 110087
Published online Sep 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i9.110087
Published online Sep 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i9.110087
Table 4 Pathologic and impending fractures according to histological subtypes, n (%)
| Pathological fracture | Luminal A (n = 82) | Luminal B (n = 12) | Triple neg (n = 8) | HER 2 enrich (n = 5) | P value |
| Femoral head and neck | 16 (20) | 4 (33) | 2 (25) | 1 (20) | 0.75 |
| Spinal vertebrae | 12 (15) | 1 (8) | 0 | 1 (20) | 0.77 |
| Humerus | 5 (6) | 1 (8) | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 0.78 |
| Other1 | 8 (10) | 0 | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 0.63 |
| Impending hip fracture | 29 (35) | 6 (50) | 3 (37.5) | 0 | 0.28 |
- Citation: Zari DS, Novak R, Haviv O, Ron I, Kaplan B, Awad B, Norman D, Nikomarov D. Anatomical distribution of bone metastases in stage IV breast cancer: According to histological subtype. World J Clin Oncol 2025; 16(9): 110087
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