Forty-eight breast cancer patients with bone metastases were studied aiming to evaluate the correlation between clinical staging of the primary tumor, according to the Cancer Staging American Committee protocol, and the skeletal manifestations of the bone metastases; the assessment parameters were the follow-up period, the number of metastases, the type of the lesions, their localization, and the affected bone region. A correlation was found between the primary lesion staging and the follow-up period, which was reduced when the staging degree increased; no correlation was observed between breast cancer clinical staging and the other parameters.
Bone metastasis; breast cancer
