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Bone-protecting drugs cut the risks for fractures caused by metastatic prostate cancer treatments

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/bone-protecting-drugs-reduce-prostate-cancer-fractures
Full article: https://meetings.asco.org/abstracts-presentations/196744

Skeletal problems, especially bone fractures, are common in patients with advanced prostate cancer. To prevent these, many guidelines recommend the use of bone-protecting agents during treatment. The importance of giving a bone-protecting agent when treating patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastases was confirmed in early results of an ongoing phase III trial. (11/5/21)

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