Advances in treating metastatic bone cancer: summary statement for the First Cambridge Conference.
The First Cambridge Conference on Advances in Treating Metastatic Bone Cancer, a symposium held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 28 to 29, 2005, was convened to discuss recent advances and research related to the natural history of bone metastases and skeletal complications, bone cancer biology, treatment of myeloma and other solid tumors, and treatment-induced bone loss. The conference format combined brief presentations with extended periods of discussion. The conclusions reached during the 2-day meeting are summarized in this article and presented in more detail in the individual articles and accompanying discussion sessions that comprise the conference proceedings.
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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0850, USA, and Department of Oncology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway. alipton@psu.edu
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000628:therapy*