Published September 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Therapeutic strategies for treating osteolytic bone metastases

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The recent progress in oncologic management of patients with localized cancer or metastatic disease has permitted a significant improvement in life expectancy. Nevertheless, bone metastases and their consequent skeletal-related events (SREs) are still associated with unfavorable prognosis and greatly affect quality of life. Global management of these bone metastases includes traditional local approaches (surgery, radiotherapy, etc.) and systemic administration of chemotherapeutic agents. This review focuses on treatments specific for bone metastases and, in particular, on inhibitors of bone resorption that are effective for preventing and delaying the development of SREs.

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