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Medical Oncology

Bone Metastasis and Molecular Mechanisms

Pathophysiology

by (author) Gurmit Singh

edited by William Orr

Publisher
Kluwer Boston Incorporated
Initial publish date
Mar 2004
Category
Oncology, Internal Medicine
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781402019845
    Publish Date
    Mar 2004
    List Price
    $248.5

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Patients with advanced breast or prostate cancers usually develop bone metastases. The principal complications resulting from metastatic bone disease are pain, spinal cord compression, pathologic fractures and bone marrow suppression. Improving the management of bone metastases is crucial to quality of life for patients with breast and prostate cancer.

Advances in understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of bone metastasis are driving the development of new therapeutic strategies.

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