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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Bone Diseases
Follow the links below to find summaris of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for bone diseases.
Created July 2011
15 Resources Found
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| Title: | Calcitonin used to treat metastatic bone pain |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The limited evidence currently available does not support the use of calcitonin to control pain arising from bone metastases. People who have cancer which has spread to their bones and the nerves adjacent to the bones often suffer severe pain. There are... |
| Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Title: | Radioisotopes to ease metastatic bone pain |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced by people whose cancer has spread to their bones. There are several ways to treat this pain, including the administration of radioisotopes, which are chemical elements that emit radiation and act on the bone to reduce the ef... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Methotrexate for high-grade osteosarcoma in children and young adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | As a result of the introduction of chemotherapy, the survival of children with osteosarcoma has improved dramatically. The majority of the currently used treatment protocols are based on a combination of doxorubicin, cisplatin, methotrexate (MTX) and/or... |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for treating osteomyelitis in people with sickle cell disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Sickle cell disease affects millions of people throughout the world. Osteomyelitis, a bone infection, is one of the major complications. Antibiotics are given to treat it, but there is no worldwide standard treatment. We did an update of search randomis... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Interventions for the treatment of keratocystic odontogenic tumours (KCOT, odontogenic keratocysts (OKC)) |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The keratocystic odontogenic tumour is a bone tumour which is relatively uncommon and benign, however it is very aggressive and has a high recurrence rate after treatment. Some reports have stated 6 out of 10 of these tumours will recur after treatment.... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Phosphate binders for preventing and treating bone disease in chronic kidney disease patients |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) develop impaired excretion of the dietary phosphorus. This results in a condition known as mineral and bone disorder in chronic kidney disease (CKD-MBD). CKD-MBD is characterized by high bone turnover, increased ... |
| Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Title: | Treatments for people with sickle cell disease in whom poor blood supply to an area of bone leads to bone death |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Many people with sickle cell disease experience bone death due to temporary or permanent loss of blood supply to parts of their bones. This can be very painful. The bones usually affected are the thigh bones at the hip joint and the arm bones at the sho... |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Physical activity programs for promoting bone mineralization and growth in preterm infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Babies born too early (premature babies) are often cared for in a fashion that minimizes physical activity in order to reduce stress and stress-related complications. However, lack of physical activity might lead to poor bone development and growth as s... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Interventions for bone disease in children with chronic kidney disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chronic kidney disease (CKD) resulting in reduced kidney function and the need for dialysis and kidney transplant is associated with abnormalities in blood calcium and phosphorus levels leading to high levels of the parathyroid hormone (PTH) and to bone... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for treating chronic osteomyelitis in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Osteomyelitis is an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow caused by pus-forming bacteria, mycobacteria or fungi. All bone infection that is long-standing is called chronic osteomyelitis. Antibiotics can be administered either orally or parenterally (... |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Bisphosphonate therapy for osteogenesis imperfecta |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Osteogenesis imperfecta is an inherited disorder of type I collagen characterized by low bone mass, bone fragility, and fractures with minimal or no trauma. Treatment for the disorder is largely supportive, but recently bisphosphonate therapy has been e... |
| Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Title: | Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Although only a few studies with different results exist, preventive measures against nutritional rickets appear reasonable in high risk groups until new data become available. Rickets is a disease which affects the bone of growing children. Calcium an... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | Bisphosphonates for the relief of pain secondary to bone metastases |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Bisphosphonates give some relief from pain caused by cancer that has invaded bones. Patients with cancer that has spread to the bone frequently have pain. Pain control is an important part of cancer management. Bisphosphonates are medicines that affect ... |
| Date: | Feb 2002 |
| Title: | Inhaled corticosteroid effects on bone metabolism in asthma and mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Usual doses of corticosteroids for two or three years for asthma does not weaken bones in younger patients, although long term outcomes and after high doses need more research. |
| Date: | Oct 2001 |
| Title: | Radiotherapy for pain relief in patients with untreatable secondary cancer tumours |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Secondary cancer tumours (metastases) located in bone tissue can cause high levels of pain and distress in patients with terminal cancer. Radiotherapy is used commonly to provide pain relief, however, the precise effectiveness of radiotherapy may be unc... |
| Date: | May 1999 |
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