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partha_aipg · Credits: 13148 My Scrapbook

which is the most common primary to metastasize to bone?

a.breast
b.prostate
c.lungs
d.ovary

drprashg · Credits: 3232 My Scrapbook

i think its prostate followed by breast. will get ref soon. what's the ans given dude?

aqua · Credits: 3502 My Scrapbook

yes,Drpashg is right

ref B&L 23rd ed pg 1249,1250

DRATKINS · Credits: 8535 My Scrapbook

yes, that's rite

vladimir · Credits: 12242 My Scrapbook

prostate followed by breast or breast followed by prostate??

partha_aipg · Credits: 13148 My Scrapbook

yes ok prostate confirmed- source campbell urology

wondergirl · Credits: 13337 My Scrapbook

oh!i thgt it ws breat follwe by prostate

dr_prashant108 · Credits: 2466 My Scrapbook My Reading List 2 Books

among men ca lung is commonest cause for secondaries to bone
among females Ca breast is the commonest cause for secondaries.
Ca lung is commonest among out of these.
Ca prostate, no question arises.
as Ca lung will be common in both men and women, its incidence is actually more than rest all. so thats the answer.

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