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Dates: during 1993-1993
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...approved a new drug for treating the terrible suffering caused when breast or prostate cancer spreads to the bone. Called Metastron, the drug kills the pain of the cancer (though not the cancer) with radioactive strontium-89 delivered by injection. Metastron works better than narcotics for many patients, and a single shot lasts up to six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Jul. 26, 1993 | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

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