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Mammary carcinoma is the most frequent malignant tumour in women. It affects one out of ten women and is fatal in 30% of cases, and over 75% of patients will have osseous metastases with progression of the disease. The average survival after the appearance of osseous metastases is approximately 2–3 years. The prognosis is much worse (only a few months) when visceral metastases have occurred.
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Bartl, R., Bartl, C. (2019). Skeletal Metastases of Breast and Prostate Cancer. In: The Osteoporosis Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00731-7_81
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