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Reduction of visible bone metastases by clodronate therapy in breast cancer

  • W. A. Tjalma1,*,
  • P. M. Buytaert1
  • Z. N. Berneman2

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium

2Division of Haematology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200103215 Vol.22,Issue 3,May 2001 pp.215-216

Published: 10 May 2001

*Corresponding Author(s): W. A. Tjalma E-mail:

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Abstract

The current report describes a 57-year-old patient with multiple bone metastases 14 years after her initial treatment for breast cancer. The only therapy the patient received for her osteolytic lesions was oral clodronate (800 mg/daily), as she refused any other kind of treatment. On bone scintigraphy the number of visible bone metastases diminished slowly and after two years only a few minor lesions could be seen. Together with this report the value of oral clodronate as anti-osteolytic therapy in breast cancer patients is discussed.

Keywords

Bone metastases; Breast cancer; Clodronate therapy; Reduction

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W. A. Tjalma,P. M. Buytaert,Z. N. Berneman. Reduction of visible bone metastases by clodronate therapy in breast cancer. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2001. 22(3);215-216.

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