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Edited by Claude Jasmin, Robert E. Coleman, Lawrence R. Coia, Rodolfo Capanna, and Gérard Saillant. 568 pp., illustrated. Chichester, England, John Wiley & Sons, 2005. $350. ISBN 0-471-87742-5.

Bone metastasis is an important clinical problem affecting approximately 350,000 people in the United States. After tumors have metastasized to bone, the cancer becomes incurable. In clinical trials in the past, bone metastases were not considered independently, but they have become an important focus of research now that new therapies that are effective in decreasing the incidence of skeletal complications are available. Textbook of Bone Metastases is a comprehensive bench-to-bedside reference book that also provides a very good review of the basic science underpinning the metastatic process.

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