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What is your treatment approach in metastatic breast cancer with osseous metastases resulting in significant cytopenias?
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Medical Oncology · Duke University
Bone marrow metastases is not uncommon in metastatic breast cancer but, fortunately, it rarely causes dramatic cytopenias. So, if we come across a patient with cytopenias, we first perform a bone marrow biopsy to confirm the cause. If it is confirmed that metastatic breast cancer is the cause, then ...