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| Title |
Increased fracture rate in women with breast cancer: a review of the hidden risk
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2407-11-384 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jean-Jacques Body |
| Abstract |
Women with breast cancer, particularly individuals diagnosed at a relatively early age, have an increased incidence of fractures. Fractures can have serious clinical consequences including the need for major surgery, increased morbidity and mortality, increased cost of disease management, and reduced quality of life for patients. The primary cause of the increased fracture risk appears to be an accelerated decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) resulting from the loss of estrogenic signaling that occurs with most treatments for breast cancer, including aromatase inhibitors. However, factors other than BMD levels alone may influence treatment decisions to reduce fracture risk in this setting. Our purpose is to review current evidence for BMD loss and fracture risk during treatment for breast cancer and discuss pharmacologic means to reduce this risk. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 88 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 27 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 43% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Engineering | 2 | 2% |
| Materials Science | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 29 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 February 2013.
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#13,859,387
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#2,970
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#80,588
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Cancer
#45
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