diseases associated with secondary myelofibrosis, such as metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma, myelodysplasia, hairy cell leukemia, mast cell disease, acute leukemia (including M7 disease or acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis) presence of the chromosomal translocation t(9:22) or molecular BCR/ABL rearrangement as detected by RT-PCR in bone marrow or peripheral blood any anti-myelofibrosis drug therapy during the last 4 weeks. This includes chemotherapy, androgens, steroids, thalidomide, hematopoietic growth factors or any other investigational drug patients that have received bisphosphonates in the previous 3 months known allergy or intolerance to bisphosphonates abnormal renal function as evidenced by: a calculated creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min (creatinine clearance (CrCl) is calculated using the Cockcroft and Gault formula) (see Appendix F) corrected serum calcium < 8.0 mg/dL . Corrected serum calcium (mg/dl) = measured calcium (mg/dl) + 0.8*[4 - patient serum albumin (g/dl)] patients with nonmalignant conditions which would confound the evaluation of the primary endpoint, impair tolerance of therapy, or prevent compliance to the protocol, including: uncontrolled infections uncontrolled type 2 Diabetes Mellitus diseases with influence on bone metabolism such as Paget's disease or uncontrolled thyroid or parathyroid dysfunction cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, pulmonary and neurologic/psychiatric diseases which would prevent prolonged follow-up current active dental problems including infection of the teeth or jawbone (maxilla or mandibula); dental or fixture trauma, or a current or prior diagnosis of osteonecrosis of the jaw, of exposed bone in the mouth, or of slow healing after dental procedures recent (within 6 weeks) or planned dental or jaw surgery (e.g. extraction, implants) patients with a history of non-compliance to medical regimens and patients who are considered potentially unreliable and/or not cooperative patients treated with any systemic investigational drug within the past 4 weeks or topical investigational drug within the past 7 days pregnant or breast feeding females