Table 1 Incidence of cell type causing gastrointestinal (Antler et al.) or small/large bowel (McNeill et al.) metastases
Histologic cell type | Antler et al. 1982 [6]: 58 gastrointesinal metastasis out of 423 cases | McNeill et al. 1987 [7]: 46 small/large bowel metastasis out of 431 cases |
|---|---|---|
Squamous cell | 19 out of 173 (11%) | 15/5 out of 199 (10%) |
Adenocarcinoma | 6 out of 72 (8%) | 13/6 out of 108 (18%) |
Large cell | 17 out of 87 (20%) | 12/6 out of 31 (58%) |
Small Cell | 11 out of 48 (23%) | 6/5 out of 73 (15%) |
Others | 5 out of 43 (11%) | 0/2 out of 20 (10%) |