作者: G N Hortobagyi , R L Theriault , A Lipton , L Porter , D Blayney
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.6.2038
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摘要: PURPOSEPamidronate, an aminobisphosphonate, has been shown to lower the risk of skeletal complications associated with lytic bone lesions for up 1 year in women stage IV breast cancer who received chemotherapy. We studied long-term effectiveness and safety continued treatment intravenous pamidronate infusions 2 years.PATIENTS AND METHODSThree hundred eighty-two metastatic chemotherapy were randomly assigned receive either 90 mg or placebo intravenously every 3 4 weeks this double-blind, multicenter, parallel-group trial. Patients evaluated monthly years complications, which included pathologic fractures, need radiation surgery treat spinal cord compression, hypercalcemia. Bone pain, analgesic use, biochemical markers, performance status, quality life, radiologic response bone, survival also evaluated.RESULTSAs th...