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Metastatic Bone disease, Metastatic Bone Disease TREATMENTS, DIAGNOSTIC TESTS test levels of alkaline phosphatase MY PATIENT had an abnormal high amount indicating body's attempt to form new bone., tumor seeds are carried through the bloodstream MOST LIKELY FROM THE PROSTATE IN MY PATIENT Seeds implanted at the vertabrae specifically to the thoracic and lumbar spine (seen in MY PATIENT), Metastatic Bone Disease CAUSATIVE FACTORS, TREATMENTS Reduce pain due to tumor growth in bone, Primary tumors of prostate, breast, kidney, thyroid, and lung are bone seeking cancers (MY PATIENT-prostate cancer removed in march 2001) tumor seeds are carried through the bloodstream MOST LIKELY FROM THE PROSTATE IN MY PATIENT, CAUSATIVE FACTORS people with primary tumors in prostate, breast, kidney, thyroid, and lung, DIAGNOSTIC TESTS MRI and bone scan, RISK FACTORS history of cancer Primary tumors of prostate, breast, kidney, thyroid, and lung are bone seeking cancers (MY PATIENT-prostate cancer removed in march 2001), Metastasis begins within the bone marrow leads to major complications specifically pathologic fractures. Common areas are the aceta- bulum and proximal femur.