Radionuclide therapy of cancer patients with bone metastases.

Objectives: We report our experience in the use of radionuclides in the treatment of bone metastases in patients with various primary cancers: breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, etc.

Material And Methods: Eighty-seven patients (53 women, 34 men) with bone metastases were treated for pain relief with either 32-P (71 patients) or 89-Sr (16 patients). Fifty-three of the patients had breast cancer, 27--rostate cancer, 6--lung cancer and 1--kidney cancer.