Recurrent Breast Cancer with Bone Metastasis

Twenty patients with bone metastasis following surgery for recurrent breast cancer were clinically evaluated in analysis of clinicopathologic aspect in comparison with those with metastases in other organ. It is more likely that bone metastasis occurs in younger patients as compared with other organ metastasis. However, there were no certain clinical patterns of patients with bone metastasis including the survival time, as compared with those with other organ metastasis. In this series, ER and PgR failed to measure and to elucidate the effect of hormore therapy because a subject includes parts of patients prior to development of ER and PgR measurement. In conclusion, there were no clinicopathologic features in patients with bone metastasis following surgical treatment of breast cancer except for occurrence in younger patients