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In addition to other treatments, patients with prostate cancer (pCA) and bone metastasis receive bisphosphonates. Since 2003, a previously unknown side-effect of bisphosphonates—bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws (BP-ONJ)—has been described, and frequency has since increased. An exact incidence is still unknown.The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and additional factors...
We prospectively analysed pain in 263 patients induced by a frequent diagnostic procedure for oncologists, specifically the bone marrow puncture. Substantial pain (5 and more out of 10 on a numerical rating scale) was reported by 30.4% of patients, but physicians did not realize this procedure-related pain of patients in more than 50% of such punctures. The necessity for improved analgesia is emphasized...
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