Significats de skeletal metastases en anglès

Bisphosphonates are the most commonly prescribed medicines for osteoporosis and skeletal metastases.

Painful skeletal metastases are a common problem in cancer patients.

And we analyzed the distribution and pattern of skeletal metastases.

Osteoclasts mediate bone destruction in breast cancer skeletal metastases.

Although bisphosphonates delay progression of skeletal metastases, it is clear that more effective therapies are needed.

Methods: The study included 37 patients with metastatic DTC having lung or skeletal metastases or both.

Background: The alteration of the bone microenvironment as a consequence of skeletal metastases is poorly understood.

The response of hypercalcemia to pamidronate was not significantly influenced by the presence of skeletal metastases.

Specific tumor-bone molecular interactions mediated by these factors drive a vicious cycle that perpetuates skeletal metastases.

Patients and methods: Seventy-one consecutive patients with newly diagnosed skeletal metastases were enrolled in this prospective study.

The results suggest a close association between BMP-6 expression in primary malignant prostatic tissue and skeletal metastases.

At the time of the primary operation, diffuse skeletal metastases were present but even detected postoperatively during staging.

The principal roles of functional imaging have been the search for skeletal metastases and evaluation of renal function.

Eight patients (4.3%) developed skeletal metastases all of which were positive on MRI.

Bone scans were assessed as "no metastases" or "definite skeletal metastases" without knowledge of the patient's predictor variables.

Newer generation bisphosphonates are quite effective in controlling hypercalcemia of malignancy and have been shown to delay progression of skeletal metastases.