Bone Metastases Flashcards
1
Q
Bone metastases:
MOST BONE CANCER IS SECONDARY!
What symptoms do they have?
What happens to the spinal cord?
What would be raised in the blood?
What blood disorder would it cause?
Bone scintigraphy is used to detect mets. How does the scan work?
How are the symptoms relieved? - 2
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Pain
Compression
Hypercalcaemia
Anaemia
Radionucleotide imaging where contrast is injected iV, and it taken up in high turnover areas.
Analgesia
Steroids
