Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding the complications of prostate bone metastases in males is correct?

  1. Most pathological fractures occur as the result of trauma.

  2. In a sufferer the spinal cord compression is frequently managed by surgery.

  3. Prophylactic orthopaedic intervention is essential for bone abrasions at high risk of fracture.

  4. Bisphosphonates are unable to reduce the number of cancer-associated skeletal events in the body.

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Explanation

It is a correct statement. A prophylactic orthopaedic intervention is essential for bone abrasions at high risk of fracture.