Roberto Casadei and Marco Gambarotti

Epidemiology : At autopsy at least 70 % of cancer patients present metastases to the bone: breast 84 %, prostate 84 %, thyroid 50 %, lung 44 %, and kidney 37 %. They are obviously characteristic of adult or old age, but thyroid or breast cancers may also be observed in the fourth or even third decade of life. Chapter 55