Prolonged Hypocalcemia Following a Single Dose of Denosumab for Diffuse Bone Metastasis of Gastric Cancer after Total Gastrectomy

Hypocalcemia is a significant adverse effect of denosumab. We herein report a case of prolonged hypocalcemia in a patient with multiple risk factors for hypocalcemia, including gastrectomy, increased bone turnover, and a poor performance status. Hypocalcemia developed after denosumab treatment for d...

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Published in:Intern Med
Main Authors: Iizumi, Sakura, Shimoi, Tatsunori, Nishikawa, Tadaaki, Kitano, Atsuko, Sasada, Shinsuke, Shimomura, Akihiko, Noguchi, Emi, Yunokawa, Mayu, Yonemori, Kan, Shimizu, Chikako, Fujiwara, Yasuhiro, Tamura, Kenji
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709630/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28943574
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8908-17
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