Bony metastasis: blastic, lytic or both?

Osteoblastic : prostate, carcinoid, gastrinoma, SCLC, Hodgkin’s

Osteolytic : RCC, melanoma, MM, NHL, thyroid, squamous cell carcinoma of aerodigestive tract

Mixed: breast (more lytic than blastic), GI

(Katharine Cheung MD, 11/4/10)