Effectiveness of conventional diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine in the treatment of pain from bone metastases
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2013
abstract:
Bone is one of the most common metastasis sites from solid tumors. Bone pain due to metastatic neoplastic growth is due to tumor infiltration and expansion of bone membranes. Treatment of acute and chronic pain represents one of the greatest problems in clinical oncology, requiring a multidisciplinary approach. This review focuses on the effectiveness of conventional diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine for the detection, management and treatment of pain from bone metastasis.
Iris type:
Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Acute Pain; Bone Marrow Diseases; Bone Neoplasms; Chronic Pain; Fluorine Radioisotopes; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Humans; Multimodal Imaging; Neoplasm Staging; Pain; Pain Management; Palliative Care; Positron-Emission Tomography; Radiation Injuries; Radiopharmaceuticals; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Whole Body Imaging
List of contributors:
Genovese, Eugenio Annibale; Mallardo, Vania; Vaccaro, Andrea; Santagata, Mario; Raucci, Antonio; D'Agosto, Gianfranco; Fontanarosa, Antonio; Schillirò, Francesco
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