Your Guide to Bone Mets: Traditional & Innovative Approaches Using Radiation

If you have been diagnosed with MBC bone metastases like the 3 hosts in this episode, this information is for you! Bone Mets are extremely common in MBC. In the first half of the episode, we explain the field of radiation oncology and all it covers, with Dr Kalnicki from Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center in Bronx, NY; in the second half we feature an interview with the leader of the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis. Duke’s approach to managing bone mets includes a comprehensive team of specialists that offer the traditional and some less commonly seen treatments, like Cryoablation (freezing) and Radiofrequency Ablation (heating) of tumors. We also cover emerging science in bone mets, like “Theranostics” which is having success in prostate cancers and may hold promise for MBC. So listen here and learn with us, and check out our show notes for the links to what’s covered in the episode.