Metastatic prostate cancer involving the right testicle

hormone therapy in metastatic prostate cancer

only orchiectomy is still commonly used today either as a single therapy or in combination regimens. hypophysectomy & adrenalectomy showed such devastating effects on the endocrine equilibrium as to be inconsistent with an acceptable quality of life or even with survival. chemical adrenalectomy was also tried with drugs (eg. aminoglutethmide, spironolactone) leading to consequences superimposab...

Complete Radiologic Response in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Treated with Cabazitaxel

Metastatic Prostate Cancer of Hand

Soft tissue metastases of prostate cancer to other sites are extremely rare, and, to our best knowledge, there have been no reports of metastasis to soft tissue of the hand. A 63-year-old man was diagnosed with prostatic cancer. During treatment, bone and soft tissue metastases to the right hand, appearing in the first web space, were observed. The tumor was resected, along with both the first ...

Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

The traditional definition of “metastatic” prostate cancer refers to disease stage and traditionally has included only patients with widespread osteoblastic or soft tissue metastases (clinical or pathologic stage Tany Nany M1, D2); it does not take into account the pathogenicity of the cancer or the risk of metastasis. Current evidence indicates that this definition should be broadened to inclu...

The management of metastatic prostate cancer

Bone is the most common site for metastatic deposits in men with prostate cancer. Metastatic bone disease is a catastrophic complication which can cause problems such as skeletal related events, hypercalcaemia, anaemia, spinal cord compression and signifies that the malignant process is incurable. It is important that nurses managing a caseload of patients which includes individuals with, or at...