A new report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that a single intravenous injection of the drug ibandronate has a very similar ability to relieve prostate cancer-related bone pain as a single treatment with external beam radiation therapy. … READ MORE …
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According to another study presented at the European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress (EMCC) in Stockholm this weekend, the bone-strengthening bisphosphonate ibandronate (Boniva®) seems to work just as well as radiotherapy for the management of pain associated with prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bones. … READ MORE …
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