Journal of Okayama Medical Association
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A Clinical Study of Bone Metastasis in Carcinoma

Satoh, Nobuo
Ueda, Hiroyuki
Nakamura, Tetsuya
Kanzaki, Noriko
Mizuta, Akihumi
Murakami, Kiminori
Hashimoto, Keiji
Hiraki, Yoshio
Aono, Kaname
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Published Date
1987-08-30
Abstract
The study included 40 cases of bone metastasis experienced from January 1982 to August 1986 at the Department of Radiology, Okayama University Hospital. The rate of pain Remission was 89.6% in 29 patients given radiotherapy. Increases in serum ALP and LDH were found in a few patients and a quarter of these patients improved after radiotherapy. Serum Ca increased in 5 patients with multiple bone metastases.
Keywords
bone metastasis
clinical symptom
radiotherapy
ISSN
0030-1558
NCID
AN00032489