Bone health during breast cancer treatment can be a concern, but there are ways to reduce the impact. If a person is at risk for a loss of bone density, doctors can prescribe medications. Lifestyle ...

The sternum, or breastbone, is the flat bone where the ribs meet. Sometimes, the joints can pop or crack as a person stretches or moves. A muscle spasm, an injury, costochondritis, and surgery are ...

Uncovering a novel mechanism that promotes growth of breast cancer bone metastasis has revealed a potential Achilles' heel for these cancer cells. Reported in the journal Cancer Cell, the study shows ...

The bones are the most common place where metastatic breast cancer cells tend to go. Common treatments for metastatic breast cancer in any location including the bone are chemotherapy, hormonal ...

The majority of patients with advanced breast cancer will develop osteolytic bone metastases Bone-targeted therapies, when administered in the adjuvant setting, can improve patient survival rates and ...

Two studies led by Baylor College of Medicine shed new light on the unanswered question of why estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer sometimes grows back in the bone and spreads to other ...

Researchers have developed an in vitro cancer model to investigate why breast cancer spreads to bone. Their findings hold promise for advancing the development of preclinical tools to predict breast ...

Learn more about where breast cancer could metastasize, to prepare you for conversations with your doctor laflor/Getty Stock Image When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it’s called ...