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When individual Z scores of CTX were calculated for the metastatic breast cancer patients compared with the non-metastatic patients, the α LCTX form and the α L/α DCTX ratio showed the highest average increases in accordance with the ability of the α LCTX levels and the α L/α DCTX ratio to most sensitively reflect alterations in the balance between the anabolic and catabolic processes of bone turnover (Fig.
It may be speculated that different stages of the bone metastases process show varying release of α LCTX.
In this context it is noteworthy that some patients who have not been classified as having bone metastases by radiological methods have α LCTX values increased more than 2 SDs above the normal mean.
In the clinical management of individual patients affected with breast cancer, an increased α LCTX value may indicate the presence of bone metastases and will call for a closer clinical evaluation of the patient and/or initiation of preventive therapy (e.g.
More 'young bone' (as reflected by the α LCTX levels) will be resorbed and the relative content of age-modified forms will decrease.
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