Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 8, 2026

A New Technique for Treating Low-risk Prostate Cancer—Super Active Surveillance
Published on: November 7, 2025
Hungry bone syndrome secondary to prostate cancer successfully treated with radium therapy
Vishnu Vardhan Garla1, Sohail Salim1, Karthik Reddy Kovvuru1
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
Abstract:
A 50-year-old man with a history of prostate cancer with extensive bone metastasis and hypocalcaemia presented with muscle aches and cramps. Physical exam was significant for Chvostek's and Trousseau's sign. Laboratory assessment was consistent with profound hypocalcaemia. This was believed to be due to hungry bone syndrome secondary to advanced prostate cancer. He was treated with intravenous calcium, vitamin D and calcitriol. He also received three doses of radium223 therapy. After therapy, hypocalcaemic episodes resolved. Follow-up after 2.5 years showed continued resolution of hypocalcaemia.
More Related Videos
06:32Intra-Cardiac Injection of Human Prostate Cancer Cells to Create a Bone Metastasis Xenograft Mouse Model
Published on: November 4, 2022
07:21Establishment and Analysis of Three-Dimensional 3D Organoids Derived from Patient Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis Specimens and their Xenografts
Published on: February 3, 2020
Related Concept Videos
Cancer Therapies
However, cancer treatments can pose several challenges, as therapies used to kill cancer cells are generally also toxic to normal cells. Moreover, cancer cells mutate rapidly and can develop resistance to chemical agents or radiation therapy. Besides, all types of cancer cells may not respond to the same therapy. Some cancer cells respond to one...
Targeted Cancer Therapies
There are several types of targeted therapies against...
Treating Helicobacter pylori in Peptic Ulcers: Antimicrobial Therapy
Secondary Active Transport
Secondary Healthcare System
Gene Therapy