Complete regression of advanced prostate cancer for ten years: A case report and review of the literature
| Autor: | Bing Yan, Xiaowei Wang, Pin-Kang Wei, Xianze Meng, Zhi-Feng Qin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Cancer Research
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Urology prostate specific antigen Flutamide chemistry.chemical_compound Prostate cancer Castration Resistance medicine Lung complete regression medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cancer Articles medicine.disease traditional Chinese herbal medicine prostate cancer Radiation therapy Prostate-specific antigen medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology chemistry Erythrocyte sedimentation rate erythrocyte sedimentation rate business |
| Zdroj: | Oncology Letters |
| ISSN: | 1792-1082 1792-1074 |
| Popis: | Long-term complete regression of prostate cancer (PCa) is a rare phenomenon. The current report presents the case of an advanced PCa patient with rare clinical features. Following the generation of a definitive diagnosis, the patient was administered with flutamide treatment (0.25 g flutamide) 3 times a day, for 5 consecutive years, prior to surgical castration. Following surgery, 3.75 mg enantone was injected (i.h.) once per month for 3 months, without suspending the flutamide treatment. In addition, traditional Chinese herbal medicine was administrated immediately following surgery. Strontium-89 radiotherapy was performed for multiple bone metastases, and the multiple metastatic lesions (lung and bone) of the individual disappeared in 10 years with no development of castration resistance or signs of recurrence. Nadir prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels had remained at |
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