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What should be the medicines for bone cancer?
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It depends: If this is a primary bone cancer then there is many different agents ( chemotherapy and targeted therapy) that can be used depending on the type of cancer ( osteosarcoma vs chondrosarcoma...Etc). If this is metastatic cancer then we usually use xgeva (denosumab) or zometa to decrease bone related pain and skeletal related events ( like pathologic fractures). I hope this helps.
Answered 5/22/2015
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