The time to detection of metastatic bone disease (MBD) by radiographic examination was studied in 221 patients with advanced breast cancer. None of the patients had bone metastases by radiography or bone marrow carcinosis, evaluated by bilateral iliac crest biopsy. The period of follow-up after firs
Ex-vivo Analysis of the Bone Microenvironment in Bone Metastatic Breast Cancer
โ Scribed by Karen M. Bussard; Andrea M. Mastro
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1083-3021
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