Bone and Cancer Foundation Announces New Online Resource for Patients and Health Professionals

Latest authoritative information on causes and treatments of cancers involving bone, which affects an estimated 400,000 cancer patients each year.

2008-03-18, Bone and Cancer Foundation

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New York City, New York March 18, 2008 – The Bone and Cancer Foundation, (www.boneandcancerfoundation.org), provides the latest authoritative information on cancer that spreads to the bone. This new online resource contains medically reviewed information for cancer patients and family members, physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
Four publications are currently available on the website and in print: Breast Cancer, Bone Metastases, & Treatment-Related Bone Loss; Prostate Cancer, Bone Metastases and Treatment-Related Osteoporosis; Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ): Information for Cancer Patients; and Myeloma Bone Disease: Current and Future Treatment. These publications can be downloaded from the Bone and Cancer website or ordered by calling 212-509-5188, toll free 888-862-0999 or by email at bcfdn@aol.com. Additional publications on Vitamin D and Cancer and Lung Cancer and Bone will be available soon.

Dr. David Roodman, Chairman of the Foundation’s Advisory Medical Panel stated, “Bone is one of the most frequent sites of metastasis and is responsible for severe pain, fractures with little or predisposing injury and a poor quality of life. Many patients and professionals are unaware of treatment options and new discoveries which can improve a patient’s quality of life and possibly prolong the survival. The Bone and Cancer Foundation’s major focus is to provide up to date information for patients and professionals to treat and ameliorate this devastating complication of cancer”.
Dr. Roodman is Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Director of the Myeloma Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

About the Bone and Cancer Foundation and Paget Foundation
The Bone and Cancer Foundation is a program of The Paget Foundation for Paget’s disease of Bone and Related Disorders (www.paget.org), a national voluntary health agency founded in 1978. The Paget Foundation addresses several benign bone conditions and has also worked in the cancer and bone field for ten years, primarily in the area of medical education and research. The Foundation is an Internal Revenue Service designated (IRS) 501c3 organization. Its annual report is available from its offices or the Office of the Attorney General, State of New York, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
For additional information please contact the Bone and Cancer Foundation at 212-509-5188, toll free 888-862-0999 or send an email to bcfdn@aol.com

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