... and bone metastases. Patients and Methods: In this prospective, phase II, open-label study, 13 women with breast cancer, bone metastases, and moderate/severe bone pain received ibandronate 6 mg/day (i.v. loading-dose 15 min infusion over 3 consecutive days) with follow-up until day 14. Endpoints included...

... as having low metastatic potential. Case Report: We report the case of a 58-year-old man with well-differentiated hand liposarcoma and diffuse bone metastases. The patient initially presented with a tumor of the thenar eminence and was treated with marginal surgical excision and external beam irradiation. 4...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Ibandronate Bisphosphonates Hypercalcemia of malignancy Tumor osteolysis Bone metastases Osteoporosis ONKOLOGIE Review Article...

... at the same time in the control group. Two further controlled studies are now in progress examining the long-term effects of clodronate in multiple myeloma. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 173 patients with bone metastases due to breast cancer demonstrated that antiosteolytic therapy decreased...

...J.H. Karstens; M. Blach; J. Ammon Bone metastases present a frequent problem in oncology. Although fractionated irradiation with 10–15 (20) fractions is the best mode of radiotherapy, low-dose short-term irradiation schedules are of interest as they will reduce inconveniences like transportation...

...Jiri Dolezal Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of 153 samarium-ethylene-diamino-tetramethylene phosphonic acid ( 153 Sm-EDTMP, a beta and gamma emitter) treatment in the palliation of painful bone metastases from breast cancer. Patients and Methods: 43 women (aged 41–79, mean...

... information to conventional histological measurement by clarifying the extent and location of metastatic infiltration and the tumor growth pattern. The score can also be used to assess the action of bisphosphonates on bone metastases. Materials and Methods: Male nude rats (n = 12 per group) were inoculated...