Metastasis to bone: Causes, consequences and therapeutic opportunities

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Mundy, GR [1 ]
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[1] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Mol Med, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
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10.1038/nrc867
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
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The most common human cancers - lung, breast and prostate - have a great avidity for bone, leading to painful and untreatable consequences. What makes some cancers, but not others, metastasize to bone, and how do they alter its physiology? Some of the molecular mechanisms that are responsible have recently been identified, and provide new molecular targets for drug development.
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