Bone metastasis is a clear example of a need for a multidisciplinary approach to cancer patients because beyond the backbone of systemic treatment, always patients need the intervention of radiation therapies in order to irradiate those lesions which are critical or cause pain. Sometimes there is a need for an orthopedic surgeon to operate on the bone to prevent fractures or to treat fractures...
Bone metastasis is a clear example of a need for a multidisciplinary approach to cancer patients because beyond the backbone of systemic treatment, always patients need the intervention of radiation therapies in order to irradiate those lesions which are critical or cause pain. Sometimes there is a need for an orthopedic surgeon to operate on the bone to prevent fractures or to treat fractures. The need for the involvement of those treating pain, which is of course one of the most distressing symptoms a patient with bone metastasis has. And finally, we have to take into account also often the need for bone-targeting agents such as Zoledronic acid or Denosumab, which can complement the systemic treatment in these patients.
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