In breast cancer patients with metastatic disease, bone is the most common site of metastasis and the most common site of first distant relapse, with roughly half (48%) of breast cancer patients ...

Bone health during breast cancer treatment can be a concern, but there are ways to reduce the impact. If a person is at risk for a loss of bone density, doctors can prescribe medications. Lifestyle ...

Delayed musculoskeletal symptoms after breast radiotherapy can reflect osteoradionecrosis rather than recurrence, thus ...

Two studies led by Baylor College of Medicine shed new light on the unanswered question of why estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer sometimes grows back in the bone and spreads to other ...

PULMONARY bone-marrow embolism as a complication of closed-chest cardiac massage has rarely been reported. 1,2 This complication, however, has frequently been observed in routine autopsies of patients ...

Your sternum is located in the middle of your chest and is also known as the breastbone. It protects the organs of your torso from injury and serves as a connection point for other bones and muscles.

The aromatase inhibitors have been widely incorporated into the adjuvant breast cancer care of postmenopausal women with estrogen and/or progesterone receptor–positive breast cancer. Aromatase ...

Once breast cancer spreads to bone, treatment becomes nearly impossible. Breast cancer cells can lie dormant in the bone, often undetectable and able to escape typical treatments. Unfortunately, these ...

A broken sternum refers to a break in the breastbone — the long, flat bone that’s located in the center of the chest and connected to the ribs via cartilage. It forms the front of the rib cage, ...

Researchers have identified a pair of proteins believed to be critical for spreading, or metastasizing, breast cancer to bone. Once breast cancer spreads to bone, treatment becomes nearly impossible.

In addition to their ability to protect and restore bone health for patients with early breast cancer, antiresorptive drugs have also been investigated for their oncologic benefits as adjuvant therapy ...