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Table 1 Metastatic cancer type correlated with a modular prosthesis used

From: Results of the treatment of bone metastases with modular prosthetic replacement—analysis of 67 patients

Cancer type

Proximal femur

Distal femur

Total femur

Proximal tibia

Proximal humerus

Total humerus

Breast cancer

23

3

1

3

2

 

Myeloma

9

1

1

1

  

Kidney cancer

6

1

  

3

1

Colon cancer

2

     

Thyroid cancer

2

     

Lung cancer

    

1

1

Prostate cancer

1

     

Unknown site

2

1

 

1

1