Osteopenia

april1964 · November 2018

Hello. Does anyone know if osteopenia makes the bones more vulnerable to metastasis in post menopausal women with BC? Thank you

Beaverntx · November 2018

That has not been mentioned to me. I'm postmenopausal and have had osteopenia for more than ten years. As of last week's DEXA scan, the osteopenia is "stable". I am on Tamoxifen because of the osteopenia but have had no indication of concern re bone metastasis (other than my tendency to imagine worst case scenarios!) Will be interested to see if anyone has other information.

wallycat · November 2018

I've not heard that osteopenia/osis can contribute to mets.

This article was interesting ---seems bone mets is due more to the marrow than the physical structure of the bone. I skimmed the article, will go back to read it completely later.

https://breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com/a...

KBeee · November 2018

I am not sure if osteopenia makes you more susceptible, but I do know that some of the bone building medications seem to slightly reduce the risk of bone metastasis.

april1964 · November 2018

thank you all for responding!

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