Osteoblastic or Osteolytic

Ok you need to know which cancers are Osteolytic and which are osteoblastic.

Osteolytic = breaks bone down so osteoclasts are involved and enzymes like IL-1 and PGE2 are involved and stimulate the osteoclasts. Patient often has hypecalcemia. 

Osteoblastic = builds bone so like the name suggests, osteoblasts are involved. The Alkaline Phosphatase would be elevated.

Lung = lytic

Prostate = Blastic

Breast = Both lytic and blastic

Multiple Myeloma = Lytic (cookie cutter lesions)