Osteoporosis

Overview

Journal Lancet

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2006 Jun 20

PMID 16782492

Citations 478

Authors

Philip Sambrook

Cyrus Cooper

Affiliations

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Abstract

Osteoporosis is a serious public health issue. The past 10 years have seen great advances in our understanding of its epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment, and further advances are rapidly being made. Clinical assessment will probably evolve from decisions mainly being made on the basis of bone densitometry, to use of algorithms of absolute fracture risk. Biochemical markers of bone turnover are also likely to become more widely used. Bisphosphonates will probably remain the mainstay of therapy, but improved understanding of the optimum amount of remodelling suppression and duration of therapy will be important. At the same time, other diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, including biological agents, are likely to become more widespread.

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