Radium-223 in the treatment of bone metastasis in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. Review and procedure. / Radio-223 en el tratamiento de metástasis óseas en pacientes con cáncer de próstata resistente a la castración. Revisión de la literatura y procedimiento.
Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed)
; 37(5): 330-337, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
Bone metastatic disease is the main cause of morbidity / mortality in patients with prostate cancer, presenting frequently as bone pain, pathological fractures or spinal cord compression, which requires early and timely therapy. Although, for the moment, the therapeutic window for its use has not been definitively established, radium-223 (223Ra), an alpha particle emitter, has proved to be an effective therapeutic tool, pre or post-chemotherapy, in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer with symptomatic bone metastases and absence of visceral metastases, significantly modifying the prognosis of the disease. It is therefore imperative to define the ideal scenarios and the correct protocol for the use of this therapy and thus offer the greatest possible clinical benefit to the patient.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bone Neoplasms
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Radium
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Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant
Type of study:
Guideline
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
En
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Es
Journal:
Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed)
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article