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Bone Loss Prevention Drug Showing Promise in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Oral sodium clodronate may slow the development of symptomatic bone metastases and reduce the risk of death in men with advanced prostate cancer, according to a randomized controlled trial in the September 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Prostate cancer spreads most commonly to the bone, and bone metastases affect at least 85% of men with advanced