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An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that oral sodium clodronate improves overall survival in men with advanced prostate cancer. However it does not reduce the risk of death in men with localised disease. These are the final results of the MRC PR05 and MRC PR04 trials. Frequently, prostate cancer spreads to the bone. Bisphosphonates, such as sodium clodronate, is a group of drugs that prevent the loss of bone mass.

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