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ea0051oc4.5 | Oral Communications 4 | BSPED2017

Denosumab related serious adverse effects in adolescents with giant cell tumour of bone:osteonecrosis of the jaw and rebound hypercalcaemia

Uday Suma , Gaston Louie , Rogers Luke , Parry Michael , Joffe Jonathan , Pearson John , Sutton David , Grimer Robert , Hoegler Wolfgang

Introduction: Giant cell tumour of bone (GCTB) is a benign, locally aggressive tumour whose neoplastic stromal cells express receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) and activate its receptor RANK on osteoclast-like giant cells. Denosumab (RANKL inhibitor) is an FDA/EMA approved treatment for GCTB in adults and ‘skeletally mature’ adolescents. Safety concerns include oversuppression of bone remodelling, with risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) a...