title: Effect of local radiotherapy for bone pain on urinary markers of osteoclast activity.
abstract: Urinary markers of bone resorption, pyridinoline and deoxypyridinoline were measured before and at 4 weeks after radiotherapy for metastatic bone pain. An association was shown between relief of metastatic skeletal pain by radiotherapy and low marker concentrations before and after treatment, lending support to the hypothesis that relief of metastatic bone pain by radiotherapy relates to an effect on bone, rather than tumour physiology.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hoskin
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stratford
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Folkes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yarnold
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000652:urine*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000652:urine*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000209:etiology* / Q000652:urine*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015415:Biomarkers; C015484:pyridinoline; C036020:deoxypyridinoline