This handbook brings together the expertise of the foremost experts in the rapidly developing field of cancer-related bone disease and presents a clear summary of clinically relevant information with recommendations for treatment. The content and format will be of value across the spectrum of clinicians, scientists and health care professionals involved in the management of bone disease in cancer.

Chapters:

Bone biology and pathology
Brendan F Boyce, USA

Assessment of bone health
Eugene McCloskey, UK

Pathophysiology of bone metastases
Ingunn Holen, UK

Clinical features of metastatic bone disease
Allan Lipton, USA

Bisphosphonates: mechanisms of action
Anke J Roelofs, Michael J Rogers, UK

Bone health in breast cancer
Michael Gnant, Austria

Bone health in prostate cancer
Philip J Saylor, Matthew R Smith, USA

Bone health in myeloma
G David Roodman, USA

Management of bone pain
Sebastiano Mercadante, Italy

Radiotherapy for bone metastasis
Peter Hoskin, UK

Radio-isotope treatments for bone metastases
Øyvind S Bruland, Norway, Oliver Sartor, USA

Hypercalcaemia of malignancy
Jean-Jacques Body, Belgium

Orthopaedic treatment for skeletal metastases
Andreas A Kurth, Germany