title: Cancer-induced bone disease.
abstract: A diagnosis of bone metastases may be devastating for patients with cancer because it suggests that the cancer is incurable and that patients are at increased risk of developing skeletal-related events. The optimal goal for these patients should be to maintain quality of life. Nurses have an important role in the care of patients with cancer-induced bone disease and need to have a good understanding of the effects of bone metastases to ensure prompt management of this condition.
authors: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London. Idrudge-coates@nhs.net
authors: Lawrence
authors: L
authors: Drudge-Coates
authors: Bruce
authors: B
authors: Turner
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000556:secondary*; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed