Volume 4, Issue 3 pp. 321-323
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Small Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate: A Case Report

Katsuyuki Sano

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Katsuyuki Sano

Departments of Urology

*Department of Urology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, 2-138-4 Mutsukawa, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232, Japan.Search for more papers by this author
Keikoku Miyai

Keikoku Miyai

Departments of Urology

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Sachiko Yoshida

Sachiko Yoshida

Departments of Pathology, Yokohama City Kowan Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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First published: 01 July 2007
Citations: 2

Abstract

A case of small cell carcinoma of the prostate without a primary lesion in the lung was reported. The cancer was diagnosed after the patient complained of lumbago caused by bone metastasis. The tumor was 5.9 times 5.0 times 4.6cm. The patient was treated with 4 courses of chemotherapy using cisplatin and etoposide. The tumor diminished to 4.0 times 4.0 times 3.5 cm after completion of the 4 courses of treatment. Prostatic antigen levels were less than 1.0ng/mL during the therapy. Neuron-specific enolase levels were 35.9ng/mL at the beginning of therapy, and decreased to 7.4 ng/mL after completion of 4 courses of treatment. The patient died 3 months after the completion of treatment. This regimen had some value for inhibiting the growth of small cell carcinoma.

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