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Cancer: Bone Metastases, CNS Metastases & Pathological Fractures
Breanne Lechner (Ed.)
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Description for Cancer: Bone Metastases, CNS Metastases & Pathological Fractures
Hardback. Editor(s): Lechner, Breanne; Chow, Ronald; Pulenzas, Natalie; Popovic, Marko B.; Zhang, Nan; Zhang, Xiaojing; Chow, Edward; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
With effective systemic therapy and comprehensive supportive care, patients with metastases can live longer. Breast cancer patients with only or predominantly bone metastases have a median survival of 2.3 years following diagnosis, while metastatic prostate cancer patients have a median survival time of 11.3 months. With recent advances in research, the overall survivorship of metastatic patients has increased. The improved quality of care for metastatic cancer patients has resulted in longer survivorship. Living longer can lead to a higher chance of development for skeletal-related events (SREs), which are defined as either spinal cord compression, hypercalcemia, pathological fractures or a need ... Read more
With effective systemic therapy and comprehensive supportive care, patients with metastases can live longer. Breast cancer patients with only or predominantly bone metastases have a median survival of 2.3 years following diagnosis, while metastatic prostate cancer patients have a median survival time of 11.3 months. With recent advances in research, the overall survivorship of metastatic patients has increased. The improved quality of care for metastatic cancer patients has resulted in longer survivorship. Living longer can lead to a higher chance of development for skeletal-related events (SREs), which are defined as either spinal cord compression, hypercalcemia, pathological fractures or a need ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
Number of Pages
121
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781634839495
SKU
V9781634839495
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About Breanne Lechner (Ed.)
Breanne Lechner, MD(C) is a clinical research assistant in the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program at the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada and also a medical student at the University of Toronto. She was the recipient of the J Frank Brookfield Scholarship from the University of Waterloo in 2012 for excellence in biology. Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, ... Read more
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