EXECUTIVE BRIEFING
Are you suffering from
cancer pain?
Know your options
More than 75% of patients with metastatic tumors
in the bones complain of pain associated with
the disease.
1
Your pain can get worse if conventional cancer
therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation
therapy do not work for you. If these treatments
are considered ineffective or too slow-acting, or
if they cause unacceptable side effects, ask your
doctor about alternatives.
One option is OsteoCool
™
RF Ablation for the
treatment of painful bone tumors.
A recent study found that patients treated with
OsteoCool
™
therapy demonstrated improvement in
pain relief and quality of life that was:
• Swift — as early as 3 days
• Sustained — up to 12 months
• Significant
2
Learn more at medtronic.com/OsteoCool
As with most procedures, there are risks. Damage to surrounding tissue may occur.
OsteoCool
™
therapy is not to be used to treat tumors in the cervical spine.
1. Janjan N, Lutz ST, Bedwinek JM, et al. Therapeutic guidelines for the treatment of bone metastasis: a report from the American College of Radiology
Appropriateness Criteria Expert Panel on Radiation Oncology. J Palliat Med. 2009;12(5):417-426.
2. Levy J, David E, Hopkins T, et al. Improvement in quality of life in patients treated for painful osseous metastases with radiofrequency ablation: The OPuS
One Study. Abstract presented at the Society for lnterventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting. Virtual. 2021.
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