title: Serum calcitonin in patients with osteolytic and osteosclerotic metastases from mammary carcinoma.
abstract: Serum concentrations of calcitonin, calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase were measured in 19 patients with osteolytic metastases and in 8 patients with osteosclerotic metastases from mammary carcinoma. A significantly higher mean S-iCT concentration was found in patients with osteolytic metastases as compared with those with osteosclerotic. No significant difference was found in S-calcium, S-phosphorus or S-alkaline phosphatase between the two groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000556:secondary*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000097:blood*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000097:blood*; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000097:blood*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D002116:Calcitonin; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002118:Calcium