A Comparative Study of Samarium-153-Ethylenediaminetetramethylene Phosphonic Acid with Pamidronate Disodium in the Treatment of Patients with Painful Metastatic Bone Cancer

Abstract

The data showed that the therapeutic efficacy of (153)Sm-EDTPM was higher than that of pamidronate disodium (for pain relief maintained more than 3 weeks) and its incidence of blood toxicity was also higher than that of pamidronate disodium.