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Bone Pain: Encyclopedia of Cancer (932 words) |
 | Bone pain represents one of the most debilitating side effects of the metastases of high-incidence cancers such as breast, prostate, lung, and multiple myeloma (myelomatosis). |
| A predominant source of bone pain in the cancer patient is due to pathologic fracture and to osteoclast-induced bone resorption by the tumor. |
| In treatments for bone resorption-induced pain, a group of chemical agents, known as bisphosphonates and calcitonin, acts to strongly block the bone resorption process. |
| Encyclopedia4U - Bone - Encyclopedia Article (1150 words) |
| Bone is relatively hard for its density, although it is brittle and may snap on impact, creating what is medically called a fracture. |
| They are located near to the surface of bone and their functions are to make osteoid and manufacture hormones such as prostaglandin which act on bone itself. |
| Bone is also the name of a comic book/graphic novel by Jeff Smith in which the Bone Cousins (Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone) are chased out of their town as a result of a scheme by Phoney Bone and encounter dimwitted quiche-loving rat creatures, taciturn dragons, displaced royalty, and talking bugs. |
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