Erschienen in:
01.05.2005 | Oral presentation
New agents for bone metastasis
verfasst von:
GN Hortobagyi
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Sonderheft 1/2005
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Excerpt
Metastases to osseous structures represent the most common metastatic destination for human breast carcinoma. Conversely, breast cancer is one of the most common sources of bone metastases. Bone metastases produce multiple complications, including pain, pathological fractures, hypercalcemia, and spinal cord compression. Some of these complications are potentially catastrophic and all reduce the quality of life of patients with metastatic breast cancer. …