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ReviewEuropean journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie2017

Metastatic bone disease from breast cancer: a review of minimally invasive techniques for diagnosis and treatment.

Dimitrios Filippiadis, Andreas F Mavrogenis, Argyro Mazioti, Konstantinos Palialexis, Panayiotis D Megaloikonomos, Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos, Alexis Kelekis

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Review in European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Carbon/PEEK nails: a case-control study of 22 cases.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2020
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  5. Percutaneous, Imaging-Guided Biopsy of Bone Metastases.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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7 authors.

Dimitrios FilippiadisSecond Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, 41 Ventouri Street, Holargos, 15562, Athens, Greece. dfilippiadis@yahoo.gr.
Andreas F MavrogenisFirst Department of Orthopaedics, Attikon University General Hospital, 41 Ventouri Street, Holargos, 15562, Athens, Greece.
Argyro MaziotiSecond Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, 41 Ventouri Street, Holargos, 15562, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos PalialexisSecond Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, 41 Ventouri Street, Holargos, 15562, Athens, Greece.
Panayiotis D MegaloikonomosFirst Department of Orthopaedics, Attikon University General Hospital, 41 Ventouri Street, Holargos, 15562, Athens, Greece.
Panayiotis J PapagelopoulosFirst Department of Orthopaedics, Attikon University General Hospital, 41 Ventouri Street, Holargos, 15562, Athens, Greece.
Alexis KelekisSecond Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, 41 Ventouri Street, Holargos, 15562, Athens, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal-related events in patients with metastatic bone disease include intractable severe pain, pathologic fracture, spinal cord and nerve compression, hypercalcemia and bone marrow aplasia. In patients with breast cancer, the skeleton is the most frequent site for metastases. Treatment options for metastatic bone disease in these patients include bisphosphonates, chemotherapeutic agents, opioids, hormonal therapy, minimally invasive/interventional and surgical techniques. Interventional oncology techniques for breast cancer patients with bone metastases include diagnostic (biopsy) and therapeutic (palliative and curative) approaches. In the latter, percutaneous ablation, augmentation and stabilization are included. The purpose of this article is to describe the basic concepts of biopsy, ablation, embolization and peripheral skeleton augmentation techniques in patients with metastatic bone disease from breast carcinoma. The necessity for a tailored approach applying different techniques for different cases and locations will be addressed.

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Ablation TechniquesEmbolization, TherapeuticBiopsyBone and BonesBone NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsCarcinomaFemaleHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresAblationAugmentationBiopsyBreast cancerEmbolizationMetastatic bone disease

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