was given to treat patients with disseminated bone metastases. A total of fifty patients
26 male and 24 female
44 metastastic and 6 primary bone tumor were treated with a single dose of 1480MBq. Some of them had 153Sm-EDTMP whole-body bone scans 48 hours after 153Sm-EDTMP
and their lesion-to normal ratios of bone were calculated. Overall allevaition of pain with 153Sm-EDTMP was 76% (38150) and 24% of the patients were completely relief from pain. Pain relief sustained from 4 to 8 weeks in 60% of patients.It was suggested that this new therapeutic agent may have a potential benefit for the diagnosis and management of disseminated metastatic bone carciomas.