Incidence of bone metastases and survival after a diagnosis of bone metastases in breast cancer patients.

•During the last few decades, the overall incidence of bone metastases after breast cancer has decreased.•Bone metastases remain a major source of morbidity in late stage breast cancer patients.•Incidence of bone metastases after breast cancer is higher in certain clinical subgroups.•Survival after bone metastases is higher in breast cancer patients with bone-only metastases.