Denosumab for Treatment of Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
Author(s) -
Mimi I. Hu,
Ilya Glezerman,
Sophie Leboulleux,
Karl Insogna,
Rasim Gucalp,
Waldemar Misiorowski,
Bennett W. Yu,
Paul Zorsky,
Diégo Tosi,
Alberto Bessudo,
Arnaud Jaccard,
Giuseppe Tonini,
Wendy Ying,
Ada Braun,
Rajul K. Jain
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-1001
Subject(s) - denosumab , malignancy , medicine , context (archaeology) , osteoclast , bisphosphonate , bone resorption , oncology , cancer , osteoporosis , paleontology , receptor , biology
Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) in patients with advanced cancer is often caused by excessive osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Patients may not respond to or may relapse after iv bisphosphonate therapy.
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