A global bibliometric and visualized analysis of the status and trends of bone metastasis in breast cancer research from 2002 to 2021

Li Li; Nengbin Wan; Ying He; Yi Zhang; Xiao He; Lingli Lu

doi:10.1016/j.jbo.2023.100500

A global bibliometric and visualized analysis of the status and trends of bone metastasis in breast cancer research from 2002 to 2021

J Bone Oncol. 2023 Aug 23:42:100500. doi: 10.1016/j.jbo.2023.100500. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Li Li¹, Nengbin Wan¹, Ying He¹, Yi Zhang¹, Xiao He¹, Lingli Lu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ The Second Department of Breast Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China.
² Department of Breast Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Bone metastasis of breast cancer considerably reduces not only overall survival but also health-related quality of life due to pain, fatigue, and skeletal-related events.

Objective: This study aims to analyze the research hotspots and trends of global research on bone metastasis of breast cancer in the past 20 years to provide a reference for relevant personnel in this field to carry out academic research.

Methods: The literature related to bone metastasis of breast cancer from 2002 to 2021 was retrieved from the Web of Science. The bibliometric research method and VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to analyze the publications, and the research status and development direction in the last 20 years were visualized.

Results: A total of 7381 articles were included. The number of global publications is increasing every year. The United States contributes the most to global research, with the most citations and the highest H-index. The journal Cancer Research published the most articles on this issue. "Macrophage" and "skeletal related event" will receive more attention and be the next popular hotspot in the future.

Conclusion: There will be an increasing number of publications on bone metastasis of breast cancer based on current global trends. The United States made the largest contribution to this field. More focus will be placed on the mechanisms of metastasis research, which may be the next popular topic in bone metastasis of breast cancer.

Keywords: Bibliometrics; Bone metastasis of breast cancer; Global trend; Visualized study.