title: The role of bisphosphonates in the management of advanced cancer with a focus on non-small-cell lung cancer. Part 2: Clinical studies and economic analyses.
abstract: Newer-generation intravenous bisphosphonates have resulted in the reduction of skeletal-related complications, i.e. skeletal-related events (SREs) such as pain, hypercalcemia, pathologic fractures and spinal cord and nerve compression, as well as improvements in the quality of life in patients with metastatic bone disease who are likely to have a prolonged clinical course. Highly potent, nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates such as zoledronic acid reduce SREs in patients with bone metastases from other solid tumors (including lung cancer). Part one of our review discussed the mechanisms of action by bisphosphonates as well as potential roles for bone markers and imaging in lung cancer. In this article, part two of our review, we examine the economic and clinical impact of bisphosphonates in lung cancer, with a focus on the potential role of newer-generation bisphosphonates in the management of advanced, metastatic bone disease of lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., USA. Nabil_saba@emory.org
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Fadlo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khuri
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000556:secondary; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016527:Drug Costs; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D000077211:Zoledronic Acid
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004164:Diphosphonates; D007093:Imidazoles; D000077211:Zoledronic Acid