Incidence of patients with bone metastases at diagnosis of solid tumors in adults: a large population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bones are one of the most common metastatic sites for solid malignancies. Bone metastases can significantly increase mortality and decrease the quality of life of cancer patients. In the United States, around 350,000 people die each year from bone metastases. This study aimed to analyze and update the incidence and prognosis of bone metastases with solid tumors at the time of cancer diagnosis and its incidence rate for each solid cancer.

Methods

We used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to find patients diagnosed with solid cancers originating from outside the bones and joints between 2010 and 2016. Data were stratified by age, sex, and race. Patients with a tumor in situ or with an unknown bone metastases stage were excluded.

SUBMITTER: Huang JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7210217 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature