Incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients with bone metastases treated sequentially with bisphosphonates and denosumab.
Tine LoysonThomas Van CannPatrick SchöffskiPaul M ClementOliver BechterIsabel SprietRuxandra CoropciucConstantinus PolitisRaf O VandeweyerJoseph SchoenaersHerlinde DumezPatrick BertelootPatrick NevenKristiaan NackaertsFeng J S H Woei-A-JinKevin PunieHans WildiersBenoit BeuselinckPublished in: Acta clinica Belgica (2017)
Cancer patients with bone metastases treated with BRIs seem to have a slightly higher risk of ONJ early after switching from bisphosphonates to denosumab compared to patients remaining on bisphosphonates. Nevertheless, based on the global ONJ-incidence, the switch from bisphosphonates to denosumab can be considered as safe as an equivalent exposure to denosumab from the start on.