[Long-term survival of hormone-refractory prostate cancer: a case report].
J UOEH
; 23(1): 51-8, 2001 Mar 01.
Article
em Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11279841
ABSTRACT
Although prostate cancer initially responds well to endocrine therapy, it becomes resistant to the therapy a few years later, and is called hormone-refractory cancer. In general, hormone-refractory prostate cancer is resistant to all kinds of therapy and the prognosis is extremely poor. Here we report an unusual case of a person with hormone-refractory prostate cancer, who has been surviving for more than 5 years after being diagnosed as having this type of cancer. A 75-year-old man was diagnosed with prostate cancer (poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, T3 N0 M1, stage D2) and initial endocrine therapy combined with castration and estrogen was effective. Four years later, the tumor marker of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) increased and the cancer was thought to be hormone-independent, refractory state. Alteration of antiandrogen from chlormadinone acetate to flutamide was effective and PSA was kept at low levels for 6 months. When PSA rose again, we started oral chemotherapy with tegafur.uracil. PSA decreased to normal range (complete response) and remained stable for 10 months. After that, a rapid increase of PSA was controlled for 7 months by oral chemotherapy with estramustine phosphate sodium and VP-16. This case indicates that alteration of antiandrogens or oral chemotherapy may be useful in some cases with hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
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Tipos_de_cancer
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Prostata
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Próstata
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Adenocarcinoma
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Antagonistas de Androgênios
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ja
Revista:
J UOEH
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão