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Bisphosphonates and Tumor Osteolysis
. Ed(S): Brunner, Kurt W.; Fleisch, Herbert; Senn, Hans-Jorg
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Paperback. Editor(s): Brunner, Kurt W.; Fleisch, Herbert; Senn, Hans-Jorg. Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research. Num Pages: 78 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMG; MNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 4. Weight in Grams: 175.
Skeletal involvement is a frequent and troublesome complication affecting many patients with neoplastic disease, especially multiple myeloma and cancer of the breast, lung, and prostate. This involve- ment can finally lead to local bone destruction with resulting frac- tures, local bone neoformation, or hypercalcemia. The latter com- plicates the clinical course of 10%-20% of the patients with non-smaIl-cell lung cancer and mammary tumors. Both knowledge of the pathophysiologic mechanisms and treatment of this skeletal involvement have progressed substantially in the last years. One of the very recent therapeutic advances has been the finding that bis- phosphonates, a family of compounds ... Read more
Skeletal involvement is a frequent and troublesome complication affecting many patients with neoplastic disease, especially multiple myeloma and cancer of the breast, lung, and prostate. This involve- ment can finally lead to local bone destruction with resulting frac- tures, local bone neoformation, or hypercalcemia. The latter com- plicates the clinical course of 10%-20% of the patients with non-smaIl-cell lung cancer and mammary tumors. Both knowledge of the pathophysiologic mechanisms and treatment of this skeletal involvement have progressed substantially in the last years. One of the very recent therapeutic advances has been the finding that bis- phosphonates, a family of compounds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
Series
Recent Results in Cancer Research
Number of Pages
78
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642836701
SKU
V9783642836701
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