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  • How I Do It: Managing bone health in patients with prostate cancer

    Barkin Jack, MD Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Urologists have two scenarios where they have to address bone loss or increased risk of fractures in men with prostate cancer. In the first setting, a patient who has been started on androgen deprivation therapy may develop cancer-treatment-induced bone loss. In the second setting, a patient’s prostate cancer may have metastasized to the bone. This article describes six steps to manage bone health in patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in a community practice.

    Keywords: prostate cancer, managing bone health,

    Aug 2014 (Vol. 21, Issue 4 , Page 7399)
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