Bisphosphonates Therapy

BISPHOSPHONATES THERAPY therapy reduces the risk of fracture and bone pain in people with breast, lung, and other metastatic cancers as well as in people with multiple myeloma. In breast cancer there is mixed evidence regarding whether bisphosphonates improve survival. People with early breast cancer, bisphosphonate treatment may reduce the risk of the cancer spreading to the person’s bone, however, for people who had advanced breast cancer bisphosphonate treatment did not appear to reduce the risk of the cancer spreading to the bone. Side effects associated with bisphosphonate treatment for people with breast cancer are mild and rare. Bisphosphonates can also reduce mortality in those with multiple myeloma and prostate cancer.