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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2]

Overview

Bone metastases (also known as "metastatic bone disease"), is a class of cancer metastases that results from primary tumor invasion to bone. Bone-originating primary tumors such as osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing's sarcoma are rare. Bone metastases cause severe pain, characterized by a dull, constant ache with periodic spikes of incident pain.[1] Bone metastases are common and result in significant morbidity in patients with metastatic disease.

Classification

The table below summarizes the different type of metastatic invasion on the bone.


References

  1. Jimenez-Andrade JM, Mantyh WG, Bloom AP, Ferng AS, Geffre CP, Mantyh PW (June 2010). "Bone cancer pain". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1198: 173–81. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05429.x. PMID 20536932.