Samarium-153 ethylenediamine tetramethylene phosphonate therapy for bone pain palliation in skeletal metastases

From: Indian Journal of Cancer | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Bal, C; Bandopadhyaya, G; Chandrasekhar, N; Jhulka, P; Kumar, P; Malhotra, A; Singhal, T; Tripathi, Madhavi | Copyright information

Skeletal metastases are present in the majority of patients with end-stage malignancies. The therapeutic options are rarely (if ever) curative and at some point of time the vast majority of patients suffering from osseous metastasis will develop progressive disease, leading to a series of disease related events that have the most significant impact on the quality of life in these patients. Non-opioid analgesics are usually the first-line treatment and can provide adequate pain relief initiall...

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