Metastatic bone disease: fundamental and clinical aspects

"Metastatic Bone Disease: Fundamental and Clinical Aspects" is an expanded version of a workshop on bone metastases which was held in Heidelberg, Germany, in April 1993. Bone metastases very often develop from malignant tumors and lead to complications which considerably diminish the quali...

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Körperschaft: European Symposium on Calcified Tissues (BerichterstatterIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Diel, Ingo J. (HerausgeberIn) , Kaufmann, Manfred (BerichterstatterIn) , Bastert, Gunther (BerichterstatterIn)
Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1994
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-78596-2
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Verfasserangaben:I. J. Diel, M. Kaufmann, G. Bastert (eds.)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Historical Remarks on Metastasis and Metastatic Bone DiseaseNature of Metastatic Bone Disease
  • Incidence and Distribution of Bone Metastases
  • Detection and Characterization of Tumor Cells in Bone Marrow of Patients with Primary Breast Cancer
  • Normal Bone Remodeling and Metastatic Bone Disease
  • Morphological Findings in Bone Metastasis, Tumorosteopathy and Antiosteolytic Therapy
  • Mechanisms of Osteolytic Bone Destruction
  • Diagnosis of Skeletal Metastases and Assessment of Response to Treatment
  • Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism in Metastatic Bone Disease
  • Palliative Radiotherapy of Bone Metastases
  • Systemic Treatment of Bone Metastases: Review of Literature and Retrospective Analysis of 718 Breast Cancer Patients
  • Bisphosphonates: Mechanism of Action and Clinical Use in Hypercalcemia of Malignancy and Tumor-Induced Bone Destruction
  • Clodronate Decreases Skeletal Morbidity in Patients with Bone Metastases from Breast Cancer: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.