Atypical femoral fracture in patients with bone metastasis receiving denosumab therapy: a retrospective study and systematic review

BACKGROUND: While denosumab has been shown to prevent skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastasis, there is a concern that it may cause atypical femoral fracture (AFF). While AFF has been reported in patients with osteoporosis receiving denosumab, data are scarce in the context of AFF o...

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Published in:BMC Cancer
Main Authors: Takahashi, Momoko, Ozaki, Yukinori, Kizawa, Rika, Masuda, Jun, Sakamaki, Kentaro, Kinowaki, Keiichi, Umezu, Taro, Kondoh, Chihiro, Tanabe, Yuko, Tamura, Nobuko, Miura, Yuji, Shigekawa, Takashi, Kawabata, Hidetaka, Baba, Noriyuki, Iguchi, Haruo, Takano, Toshimi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6805596/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31640606
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6236-6
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