Bone metastases and bone pain in breast cancer: are they closely associated

Journal Article · Fri Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 1979 · J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.242.16.1747· OSTI ID:6702152

Front, D; Schneck, S O; Frankel, A; Robinson, E

One hundred ninety patients with breast cancer were prospectively evaluated for bone pain and had technetium Tc 99m-methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy for bone metastases. Of the 66 patients showing evidence for bone metastases, 21 (32%) did not have bone pain. There were 155 sites of skeletal metastases, but pain was found only in 50 sites. The age of the patient or involvement of weight-bearing bones did not seem to affect the association between bone metastases and pain. We discuss the need for periodic bone scintigraphy, even when the clinical state does not seem to warrant it.

• Research Organization: Israel Inst. of Tech., Haifa
• OSTI ID: 6702152
• Journal Information: J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 242:16; ISSN JAMAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
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ESTERS
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
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METASTASES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PAIN
PATIENTS
PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
SYMPTOMS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
USES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES