PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR HIP PAIN. back to top. Hip pain can come from many different sources. Osteoarthritis in the hip joint can cause significant pain, which may respond well to physical therapy in the earlier stages, but often may require total hip replacement surgery (also referred to as total hip arthroplasty).
Treatment. Treatments for PV can vary depending on a patient's symptoms. Some patients may not need active treatment but should still be monitored by a physician expert. Treatments include: 1  Phlebotomy -- a procedure that involves removing blood from the body, can thin the blood to let it flow more easily.
Overall, these data demonstrate that a fraction of patients with definite metastatic breast cancer can survive progression free following a finite chemotherapy regimen. The question now becomes what fraction of patients with metastatic disease can be cured. Unfortunately, few databases in the literature describe prolonged metastatic. breast cancer patient follow -up. Most studies, whether single institution or cooperative group, present follow -up data of less than two years.