First prospective data on breast cancer patients from the multicentre italian bone metastasis database

Bone metastases (BM) are still the main cause of morbidity in cancer patients because of skeletal-related events (SREs) that reduce quality of life. They have also led to increased social and healthcare costs. At present, data available on BM are insufficient. This was a multicentre prospective observational study of patients with BM from breast cancer (BC) with at least 6 months' follow-up. Information on patients at the first diagnosis of BM,...