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Bone Cancer
Radiation treatment is active in bone cancer
March 22nd, 2004
Radiation therapy is effective in reducing bone pain and tumor burden, researchers report. According to recent research from the United States, "Radiotherapy is the cornerstone of palliative treatment for primary bone cancer in animals and metastatic bone cancer in humans." "However, the mechanism(s) responsible for pain relief after irradiation is unknown. To identify the mechanism through which radiation treatment decreases bone cancer pain, the effect of radiation on mice with painful bone cancer was studied," wrote M. Goblirsch and colleagues, University of Minnesota, Department of Orthopedic Surgery. The researchers...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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