Deprivación andrógenica en cáncer de próstata y riesgo de fractura a largo plazo / Androgen deprivation in prostate cancer and the long-term risk of fracture

Objetivos: Determinar el porcentaje de pérdida de masa ósea y el riesgo de fractura inducido por la terapia de deprivación androgénica en pacientes con cáncer de próstata. Material y métodos: Estudio prospectivo en 2 fases. En la primera se recogieron variables demográficas, FRAX(R), densidad mineral ósea y fracturas clínicas antes de iniciar la terapia y hasta un año después de finalizada. En la segunda se realizó una entrevista telefónica una media de 8,5 años después del inicio del estudio para evaluar nuevas fracturas. Resultados: Se incluyeron 150 pacientes con una edad media de 67 años y duración media de la terapia de 24 meses. Antes del inicio del tratamiento 62 pacientes (41%) presentaban osteoporosis o baja masa ósea en la densitometría. Después del primer año de tratamiento la densidad mineral ósea descendió una media de 3,7% y 2,1% en la columna lumbar y el cuello femoral, respectivamente. Al final del segundo y tercer año el porcentaje de pérdida fue menor. Durante la primera fase del estudio 4 pacientes (2,7%) sufrieron una fractura. En la entrevista telefónica a 80 pacientes (53%) solo uno había sufrido una fractura. Conclusiones: En los pacientes con cáncer de próstata y terapia de deprivación androgénica la mayor pérdida ósea se produce durante el primer año. Cuando el tratamiento no supera los 2 años el riesgo absoluto de fractura es bajo, y la fractura clínica infrecuente a corto y a largo plazo

Objectives: To determine the rate of bone mass loss and the risk of fracture induced by androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer. Material and methods: Prospective study in 2 phases. In the first phase, demographic variables, FRAX(R), bone mineral density and clinical fractures were collected, before starting the therapy and up to 1 year after ending the therapy. In the second phase, we conducted a telephone interview a mean of 8.5 years after the start of the study to assess new fractures. Results: We included 150 patients with a mean age of 67 years and a mean therapy duration of 24 months. Before starting the treatment, 62 patients (41%) showed osteoporosis or low bone mass in the densitometry. After the first year of treatment, the bone mineral density decreased a mean of 3.7% and 2.1% in the lumbar spine and femoral neck, respectively. At the end of the second and third year, the loss rate was lower. During the first phase of the study, 4 patients (2.7%) experienced a fracture. In the telephone interviews with 80 patients (53%), only 1 had experienced a fracture. Conclusions: In the patients with prostate cancer and androgen deprivation therapy, greater bone loss occurred during the first year. When the treatment did not exceed 2 years, the absolute risk of fracture was low, and clinical fractures were uncommon in the short and long term

Androgen deprivation in prostate cancer and the long-term risk of fracture. / Deprivación andrógenica en cáncer de próstata y riesgo de fractura a largo plazo.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the rate of bone mass loss and the risk of fracture induced by androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective study in 2 phases. In the first phase, demographic variables, FRAX®, bone mineral density and clinical fractures were collected, before starting the therapy and up to 1 year after ending the therapy. In the second phase, we conducted a telephone interview a mean of 8.5 years after the start of the study to assess new fractures. RESULTS: We included 150 patients with a mean age of 67 years and a mean therapy duration of 24 months. Before starting the treatment, 62 patients (41%) showed osteoporosis or low bone mass in the densitometry. After the first year of treatment, the bone mineral density decreased a mean of 3.7% and 2.1% in the lumbar spine and femoral neck, respectively. At the end of the second and third year, the loss rate was lower. During the first phase of the study, 4 patients (2.7%) experienced a fracture. In the telephone interviews with 80 patients (53%), only 1 had experienced a fracture. CONCLUSIONS: In the patients with prostate cancer and androgen deprivation therapy, greater bone loss occurred during the first year. When the treatment did not exceed 2 years, the absolute risk of fracture was low, and clinical fractures were uncommon in the short and long term.

[Bilateral ureterohydronephrosis secondary to massive vesical hernia]. / Uropatía obstructiva bilateral secundaria a hernia vesical masiva.

Bladder hernia is not a rare pathological condition, with a frequency between 0,3 and 3%. Massive bladder hernia is less frequent an very rarely ureterohydronephrosis with this pathology. We will present a case a renal failure secondary to inguinoscrotal bladder hernia with bilateral obstructive uropathy and an analyzed the clinical presentation, the diagnosis and the treatment for those hernias.

Long-term follow-up of a randomized prospective trial comparing a standard 81 mg dose of intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin with a reduced dose of 27 mg in superficial bladder cancer.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy of a three-fold reduced dose (RD, 27 mg) of intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) against the standard dose (81 mg) in patients with superficial bladder cancer, assessing recurrence, progression and differences in toxicity. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Five hundred patients with superficial bladder cancer (Ta, T1, Tis) were enrolled and randomly assigned to be treated after transurethral resection of all visible lesions with intravesical BCG Connaught strain (weekly x six and thereafter fortnightly x six) either with the standard or RD instillation. RESULTS: All but one of the 500 patients were evaluable for efficacy and toxicity (252 in the standard arm and 247 in the RD arm). The median follow-up was 69 months (maximum 104); 71 (28%) patients in the standard arm and 76 (31%) in the RD arm developed recurrences; the median time to recurrence has not yet been attained, but at 5 years the mean (sd) percentage of recurrence-free patients was 70.5 (3.12) and 70.4 (3.1) for the standard and RD arms, respectively. In patients presenting with multifocal tumours, the standard dose was more effective against recurrences than the RD (P=0.0151). In those with G3 and high-risk tumours overall, the superiority of the standard dose was marginal (P=0.060 and P=0.082). Twenty-nine (11.5%) tumours in the standard arm and 33 (13.3%) in the RD arm progressed to invasive disease; the median time to progression has not yet been attained, but the percentage of progression-free patients at 5 years was 88.8 (2.23) and 86.9 (2.31) for the standard and RD arms, respectively. The standard dose was more effective than the RD against progression only in patients with multifocal disease (P=0.048). Twelve (4.8%) cystectomies were performed in the standard and 15 (6.1%) in the RD arm. Currently, 106 (21.2%) patients have died, but only 38 (7.6%) from bladder cancer, i.e. 20 (7.9%) in the standard and 18 (7.5%) in RD arm. Overall the disease-specific death rate was lower for those patients who completed the scheduled treatment. The cause-specific survival at 5 years did not differ between the arms (P=0.76) but there was a trend toward better cause-specific survival for patients with multifocal tumours in the standard arm. Toxicity differed between the arms, significantly more patients having no toxicity in the RD arm, and fewer having delayed instillations or withdrawing. However, severe systemic toxicity occurred even in patients treated with the RD, in a similar proportion to those receiving the standard dose. CONCLUSION: Overall, the RD gave similar results for recurrence and progression but with significantly less toxicity. However, patients with multifocal tumours fared better with the standard dose and there was a trend towards better recurrence rates in patients with high-risk tumours. We recommend continuing to use the standard dose for high-risk tumours, while we consider the reduced dose safe and effective for intermediate-risk lesions and for maintenance schedules.

[Uroflowmetric nomogram in the adult population of Canary Islands]. / Nomograma uroflujométrico en la población adulta canaria.

In order to know the uroflowmetric values of our healthy population, a uroflowmetry was made to 214 healthy subjects of both sexes. 75% of our group of volunteers collected mictional volumes under 300 ml. with no differences either by age or sex. The corresponding nomograms, in the form of percentile, for peak and mean flow in both sexes, were created. We found a progressive increase of peak and mean flow values with regard to mictional volume. Time to peak flow is shorter in women than in men. Volume at peak flow represents under 50% of total mictional volume. No significant differences in the uroflowmetric data of our healthy population and those from Anglo-Saxon authors was found.