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Analgesia and curative effect of pamidronate disodium combined with chemotherapy on elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer

  • Authors:
    • Jiayong Liu
    • Chaoqian Zhao
    • Bin Liu
    • Hua Liu
    • Lixin Wang
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  • Published online on: May 10, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10340
  • Pages: 771-775
  • Copyright: © Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The curative effect and adverse reactions of pamidronate disodium in elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer were evaluated. A total of 160 elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer admitted to Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University from February 2012 to January 2015, were divided into the chemotherapy group (n=60) that received routine therapy and the pamidronate disodium group (n=100) that received pamidronate disodium therapy based on the chemotherapy. Pain relief, analgesic time, analgesic duration and side effects were compared between the two groups after treatment. The effect of pain relief in the pamidronate disodium group was significantly higher than that in the chemotherapy group (P<0.001). The total effective rate of the pamidronate disodium group was significantly higher than that of the chemotherapy group (P<0.001). The analgesic onset time in the pamidronate disodium group was earlier than in the chemotherapy group (P<0.001). The analgesic duration in the pamidronate disodium group was longer than that in the chemotherapy group (P<0.001). The incidence of adverse reactions and complications after treatment in the pamidronate disodium group was significantly less than that in the chemotherapy group (P<0.001). The results indicated that pamidronate disodium is effective in the treatment of elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer and patients are less prone to adverse reactions, complications and pain, which is worthy of clinical application.
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Liu J, Zhao C, Liu B, Liu H and Wang L: Analgesia and curative effect of pamidronate disodium combined with chemotherapy on elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer. Oncol Lett 18: 771-775, 2019.
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Liu, J., Zhao, C., Liu, B., Liu, H., & Wang, L. (2019). Analgesia and curative effect of pamidronate disodium combined with chemotherapy on elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer. Oncology Letters, 18, 771-775. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10340
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Liu, J., Zhao, C., Liu, B., Liu, H., Wang, L."Analgesia and curative effect of pamidronate disodium combined with chemotherapy on elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer". Oncology Letters 18.1 (2019): 771-775.
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Liu, J., Zhao, C., Liu, B., Liu, H., Wang, L."Analgesia and curative effect of pamidronate disodium combined with chemotherapy on elderly patients with advanced metastatic bone cancer". Oncology Letters 18, no. 1 (2019): 771-775. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10340