Dear “Macedonian Journal of Anaesthesia “Readers,
In the Vo.7 No 2, October 2023 issue of Macedonian Journal of Anaesthesia, an oversight occurred in the article titled
“BREAST CANCER TUMOR CHARACTHERISTIS AND METASTATIC BONE SCINTIGRAPHY FINDINGS”
UDK: 616.71-033.2-073.916:616.19-006.6 by Jankulovska A, and co-authors.
Unfortunately, content of Table number 3 was inadvertently omitted from the published version of the article.
The missing table, along with its relevant data, is provided below.
Table 3: Sites of multiple skeletal metastases in patients with breast cancer
| No. of sites (= patients) | Percentage of no. of sites *(total no. of lesion sites=210) | Percentage of patients ** (total no. of patients= 66 ) | |
| Skull | 23 | 10,9 | 34.8 |
| Spine | 52 | 24.8 | 78.8 |
| Cervical | 4 | 1.9 | 6 |
| Thoracic | 40 | 19 | 60.6 |
| Lumbar | 34 | 16.2 | 51.5 |
| Sacral | 15 | 7.1 | 22.7 |
| Sternum | 20 | 9.5 | 30.3 |
| Rib | 40 | 19 | 60.6 |
| Clavicle | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Scapula | 12 | 5.7 | 18.2 |
| Humerus | 13 | 6.2 | 19.7 |
| Pelvis | 29 | 13.8 | 43.9 |
| Femur | 20 | 9.5 | 30.3 |
| Total no. of lesion sites | 210 | ||
| Super scan | 1 |
Abbreviations: No, number
* Calculated as: (no. of patients with osseous metastasis at the site)/(total no. of lesion sites) × 100.
** Calculated as: (no. of patients with osseous metastasis at the site)/(total no. of patients) × 100.
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Edito- in-Chief
Macedonian Journal of Anaesthesia Editorial Office