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Advances in the Therapy of Prostate Cancer–Induced Bone Disease: Current Insights and Future Perspectives on the RANK/RANKL Pathways  Kurt Miller, Arnulf.

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1 Advances in the Therapy of Prostate Cancer–Induced Bone Disease: Current Insights and Future Perspectives on the RANK/RANKL Pathways  Kurt Miller, Arnulf Stenzl, Bertrand Tombal  European Urology Supplements  Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages (September 2009) DOI: /j.eursup Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 An overview of the physiologic balance between bone resorption and bone formation in normal healthy bone. CFU-M=colony-forming unit-macrophage; RANKL=receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand; RANK=receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB; OPG=osteoprotegerin. European Urology Supplements 2009 8, DOI: ( /j.eursup ) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 An overview of the vicious circle of bone destruction and tumour growth in osteolytic metastases. RANKL=receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand; RANK=receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB; OPG=osteoprotegerin. European Urology Supplements 2009 8, DOI: ( /j.eursup ) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 The incidence of skeletal-related events (SREs) during a 25-week treatment period among patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer after intravenous bisphosphonates who received denosumab or further bisphosphonate therapy in a multicentre, randomised, open-label, active-controlled phase 2 trial [27]. European Urology Supplements 2009 8, DOI: ( /j.eursup ) Copyright © 2009 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions


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