X-rays help predict permanent bone damage from bisphosphonates
Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 17:42
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (May 7, 2009) - Breast cancer patients, individuals at risk for osteoporosis and those undergoing certain types of bone cancer therapies often take drugs containing bisphosphonates. These drugs have been found to place people at risk for developing osteonecrosis of the jaws (a rotting of the jaw bones).