How do you treat bone metastasis in cancer patient? Does cancer treatment affect the bone health in cancer patient? What are the latest medication updates available to treat bone health in cancer patient? The ESMO has provided recent guidelines for maintaining bone health in cancer patients. This article provides a short summary for these guidelines.
Bone health in cancer patient is the area of critical concern. There are three distinct areas, i.e. bone metastases, treatment effect on reproductive hormones affecting bone remodelling and bone marrow micro-environment which are clinically important for bone health in cancer patients. In September 2014, The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) published clinical practice guidelines for maintaining bone health in patients with cancer. The guidelines address both multidisciplinary treatments for reducing skeletal effects of…
