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The vicious cycle of bone destruction. Osteoclasts produce growth factors that stimulate tumour cells in the marrow to grow and proliferate. More tumour cells produce more osteoclast activating factors and the vicious cycle is completed. TGFβ = transforming growth factor β; PTHrP = parathyroid hormone-related peptide.