Understanding the bone in cancer metastasis

J Fornetti, AL Welm, SA Stewart - Journal of Bone and Mineral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The bone is the third most common site of metastasis for a wide range of solid tumors
including lung, breast, prostate, colorectal, thyroid, gynecologic, and melanoma, with 70% of …

Evolving cancer–niche interactions and therapeutic targets during bone metastasis

RL Satcher, XHF Zhang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Many cancer types metastasize to bone. This propensity may be a product of genetic traits of
the primary tumour in some cancers. Upon arrival, cancer cells establish interactions with …

Cancer to bone: a fatal attraction

KN Weilbaecher, TA Guise, LK McCauley - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
When cancer metastasizes to bone, considerable pain and deregulated bone remodelling
occurs, greatly diminishing the possibility of cure. Metastasizing tumour cells mobilize and …

Examining the metastatic niche: targeting the microenvironment

T Guise - Seminars in oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Some of the most common cancer types, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lung
cancer, show a predilection to metastasize to bone. The molecular basis of this preferential …

The biology of bone metastasis

M Esposito, T Guise, Y Kang - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Bone metastasis, or the development of secondary tumors within the bone of cancer
patients, is a debilitating and incurable disease. Despite its morbidity, the biology of bone …

Bone metastasis: the importance of the neighbourhood

PI Croucher, MM McDonald, TJ Martin - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
During the past decade preclinical studies have defined many of the mechanisms used by
tumours to hijack the skeleton and promote bone metastasis. This has led to the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the bone microenvironment in skeletal metastasis

Y Zheng, H Zhou, CR Dunstan, RL Sutherland… - Journal of bone …, 2013 - Elsevier
The bone microenvironment provides a fertile soil for cancer cells. It is therefore not
surprising that the skeleton is a frequent site of cancer metastasis. It is believed that …

Osteotropic cancers: from primary tumor to bone

JT Buijs, G van der Pluijm - Cancer letters, 2009 - Elsevier
It has long been recognized that primary cancers spread to distant organs with characteristic
preference. Bone metastases occur in∼ 70% of patients with advanced breast and prostate …

The bone microenvironment in metastasis; what is special about bone?

KM Bussard, CV Gay, AM Mastro - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2008 - Springer
The skeleton is a common destination for many cancer metastases including breast and
prostate cancer. There are many characteristics of bone that make it an ideal environment …

Crosstalk between cancer cells and bone microenvironment in bone metastasis

T Yoneda, T Hiraga - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2005 - Elsevier
Bone, as well as lung and liver, is one of the most preferential metastatic target sites for
cancers including breast, prostate, and lung cancers. Although the precise molecular …