[Combined treatment for pain from bone metastases in patients with prostate cancer].

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the effects of combined treatment of hormone therapy with strontium-89 for pain from bone metastases in patients with prostate cancer.

METHODS

Sixteen patients with metastasis prostate cancer received hormone therapy with strontium-89 chloride (89Sr), and 4 of them received radiotherapy.

RESULTS

The pain was relieved. Relief occurred in 75.6% of the patients for 3 months, 80.5% for 6 months and 63.4% for 9 months.

CONCLUSION

Hormone therapy enhances the effect of 89Sr without obvious toxicity. The combined treatment not only significantly raises pain palliation, prolongs pain-free survival, but improves the patients life quality.