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Table 1 Number of patients with metastases to the spine and neurological deficits in relation to the type of neoplasm

From: Analysis of factors delaying the surgical treatment of patients with neurological deficits in the course of spinal metastatic disease

Type of neoplasm

Total number of patients with metastases (411)

Number of patients with neurological deficits (112)

Breast cancer

127

38

Myeloma

89

26

Kidney cancer

44

12

Prostate cancer

42

13

Lymphoma

24

6

Lung cancer

21

4

Colon cancer

16

2

Thyroid cancer

11

2

Gastric cancer

8

2

Others

29

7