making a table with multiple columns in r - r

Question

I´m obviously a novice in writing R-code.
I have tried multiple solutions to my problem from stackoverflow but I'm still stuck.
My dataset is carcinoid, patients with a small bowel cancer, with multiple variables.
i would like to know how different variables are distributed
carcinoid$met_any - with metastatic disease 1=yes, 2=no(computed variable)
carcinoid$liver_mets_y_n - liver metastases 1=yes, 2=no
carcinoid$regional_lymph_nodes_y_n - regional lymph nodes 1=yes, 2=no
peritoneal_carcinosis_y_n - peritoneal carcinosis 1=yes, 2=no
i have tried this solution which is close to my wanted result
ddply(carcinoid, .(carcinoid$met_any), summarize,
livermetastases=sum(carcinoid$liver_mets_y_n=="1"),
regionalmets=sum(carcinoid$regional_lymph_nodes_y_n=="1"),
pc=sum(carcinoid$peritoneal_carcinosis_y_n=="1"))
with the result being:
carcinoid$met_any livermetastases regionalmets pc
1 1 21 46 7
2 2 21 46 7
Now, i expected the row with 2(=no metastases), to be empty. i would also like the rows in the column carcinoid$met_any to give the number of patients.
If someone could help me it would be very much appreciated!
John
Edit
My dataset, although the column numbers are: 1, 43,28,31,33
1=yes2=no
case_nr met_any liver_mets_y_n regional_lymph_nodes_y_n pc
1 1 1 1 2
2 1 2 1 2
3 2 2 2 2
4 1 2 1 1
5 1 2 1 1
desired output - I want to count the numbers of 1:s and 2:s, if it works, all 1:s should end up in the met_any=1 row
nr liver_mets regional_lymph_nodes pc
met_any=1 4 1 4 2
met_any=2 1 4 1 3
EDIT
Although i probably was very unclear in my question, with your help i could make the table i needed!
setDT(carcinoid)[,lapply(.SD,table),.SDcols=c(43,28,31,33,17)]
gives
met_any lymph_nod liver_met paraortal extrahep
1: 50 46 21 6 15
2: 111 115 140 151 146
i am very grateful! #mtoto provided the solution
John

Answer 1

Based on your example data, this data.table approach works:
library(data.table)
setDT(df)[,lapply(.SD,table),.SDcols=c(2:5)]
# met_any liver_mets_y_n regional_lymph_nodes_y_n pc
# 1: 4 1 4 2
# 2: 1 4 1 3