On the Role of Osteoprotegerin/RANK/RANKL System in the Interaction between Prostate Cancer and Bone
Metastases to bone are observed in around 80% of prostate cancer patients and represent the most critical complication of advanced prostate cancer. Unlike other solid tumors that are associated with osteolytic bone metastases, prostate cancer bone metastases stimulate osteoblastic activity with scle...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Ortopedi
2011
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160751 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-8215-2 |