title: Mechanisms of breast cancer bone metastasis.
abstract: Bone, as well as liver and lung, is one of the most preferential metastatic target sites for cancers including breast, prostate, and lung cancers and the consequences are always devastating. Like other metastasis, breast cancer bone metastasis consists of several steps from the escape of primary site to the colonization in target site. This review focuses on several key steps including: 1. Invasion and escape from primary tumor site. 2. Target migration toward bone. 3. Specific adhesion and arrest in bone. 4. Establishment of metastasis in bone. The factors involved in this process will provide good targets for therapy.
authors.affiliation: Center of Orthopaedics Surgery, Orthopaedics Oncology Institute of Chinese PLA, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Yunfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Baoan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qingyu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D015820:Cadherins / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000502:physiology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I