[Analgesic effect of calcitonin in patients with metastatic bone lesions from urogenital cancer].
The analgesic effect of eel-calcitonin (Elcitonin) was evaluated in 10 patients with metastatic bone lesions from urogenital cancer. Five patients had renal cell carcinoma, while the remaining 5 patients had prostatic cancer. Eel-calcitonin was injected intravenously to each patient at a dose of 80 units every day. The drug was markedly effective for 3 patients, effective for 4 patients and ineffective for 3 patients. The effect was better for prostatic cancer than renal cell carcinoma.
Ohnishi
K
K
Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Nakagawa
S
S
Miyashita
H
H
Itakura
Y
Y
Saito
M
M
Ohe
H
H
Watanabe
H
H
D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*
D000700:Analgesics; D002116:Calcitonin