Post-operative breast cancer patients diagnosed with skeletal metastasis without bone pain had fewer skeletal-related events and deaths than those with bone pain

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Skeletal metastases are often accompanied by bone pain. To investigate the clinical meaning of bone pain associated with skeletal metastasis in breast cancer patients after surgery, we explored whether the presence of bone pain was d...

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Main Authors: Koizumi Mitsuru, Yoshimoto Masataka, Kasumi Fujio, Iwase Takuji, Ogata Etsuro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/10/423