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Basic Mechanisms Responsible for Osteolytic and Osteoblastic Bone Metastases

2006; American Association for Cancer Research; Volume: 12; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-1007

1557-3265

Theresa A. Guise, Khalid S. Mohammad, Gregory A. Clines, Elizabeth G. Stebbins, Darren H. Wong, Linda S. Higgins, Robert L. Vessella, Eva Corey, Susan S. Padalecki, Larry J. Suva, John M. Chirgwin,

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications

Abstract Certain solid tumors metastasize to bone and cause osteolysis and abnormal new bone formation. The respective phenotypes of dysregulated bone destruction and bone formation represent two ends of a spectrum, and most patients will have evidence of both. The mechanisms responsible for tumor growth in bone are complex and involve tumor stimulation of the osteoclast and the osteoblast as well as the response of the bone microenvironment. Furthermore, factors that increase bone resorption, independent of tumor, such as sex steroid deficiency, may contribute to this vicious cycle of tumor growth in bone. This article discusses mechanisms and therapeutic implications of osteolytic and osteoblastic bone metastases.