Cancer · UKMLA & AKT
Lung metastases
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Women - most common primary causing bone metastases: breast cancer
- Men - most common primary: prostate cancer
- Lung cancer ranks third overall after breast and prostate
- Colorectal, renal, and lymphoma are less frequent causes of bone metastases
Mnemonic for bone metastases primaries: Breast, Lung, Thyroid, Kidney, Prostate = BLT with Ketchup and Pickle
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