What is the relationship between bone turnover markers and skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastases from solid tumors and in patients with multiple myeloma? A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

摘要

As a result of the negative impact of bone metastases on patient quality of life, it is important to identify patients at increased risk of skeletal-related events (SREs). Biochemical markers produced by osteoblasts and osteoclasts may provide an early indicator of treatment response to antiresorptive therapy. We aimed to explore the relationship between change in the urinary bone turnover marker cross-linked N-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (uNTX) at the earliest time of steady state and risk of SREs.