연구팀은 혈중 순환 조골세포가 영상의학적 골파괴 양상이 나타나기 전 유방암 골전이 환자 혈액에 증가돼 있음을 확인하고, 유방암 생쥐 모델을 활용해 임상 데이터를 검증했다.
The research team confirmed that circulating osteoblasts in blood were increased in the blood of patients with breast cancer bone metastasis before the radiological bone destruction pattern appeared, and the clinical data were verified using a mouse model with a breast cancer.