Cancer survivors may be more susceptible to frailty-related bone fractures to the pelvis and vertebrae according to a study by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers.

“Prior to our study, there was some evidence to suggest that cancer survivors may be at a higher risk of bone fractures,” says Erika Rees-Punia, PhD, MPH, senior principal scientist of the Department of Population Science at the ACS in Atlanta, Georgia. “But many prior studies focused on one cancer type, most often breast cancer only; combined all fracture sites together, even though we know that certain fracture sites, like hip and spine, are the costliest and the most likely to be associated with further morbidity and mortality down the road; and only studied cancer survivors immediately after treatment.” The study appears in JAMA Oncology (doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5153).

根据美国癌症协会 (ACS) 研究人员的一项研究，癌症幸存者可能更容易发生骨盆和椎骨与虚弱相关的骨折。

“在我们的研究之前，有一些证据表明癌症幸存者可能有更高的骨折风险，”亚特兰大 ACS 人口科学系高级首席科学家 Erika Rees-Punia 博士说。 ， 乔治亚州。“但许多先前的研究都集中在一种癌症类型上，通常只关注乳腺癌；将所有骨折部位结合在一起，即使我们知道某些骨折部位，如髋部和脊柱，是最昂贵的，并且最有可能与进一步的发病率和死亡率相关；并且只在治疗后立即研究癌症幸存者。” 该研究出现在JAMA 肿瘤学(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5153)。