Assertion: prostate cancer | /r/HasProperty | spread to bone
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text: The radiopharmaceuticals that can be used to treat prostate cancer spread to bone include:
text: Once prostate cancer has spread to the bone it can become a painful process, but treatments like pain medications or radiation therapy to those areas can dramatically reduce pain and improve quality of life.
text: It can help to ease symptoms when prostate cancer has spread to bone.
text: When prostate cancer has spread to bone and has also become resistant to standard hormonal therapy (this is called metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, see below), bone-modifying drugs may be recommended to reduce the risk of these complications.
text: If prostate cancer has spread to the bones, it may cause considerable pain and high levels of calcium in the blood.
text: When prostate cancer has spread to other parts of the body (including the bones), hormone therapy is probably the most effective treatment.
text: Once prostate cancer has spread to the bones, symptoms can include: bone pain
text: According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), if prostate cancer has only spread to the bones and not to other organs, radium-223 can also help people live longer.
text: If you are experiencing bone pain or blood tests reveal elevated calcium levels, your radiation oncologist may perform a bone scan to detect if prostate cancer has spread to the bones.