Small cell (neuroendocrine) carcinoma of the prostate: etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic implications--a retrospective study of 30 patients from the rare cancer network.

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serval:BIB_59D8B6B3E851
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Small cell (neuroendocrine) carcinoma of the prostate: etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic implications--a retrospective study of 30 patients from the rare cancer network.
Journal
American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Author(s)
Stein M.E., Bernstein Z., Abacioglu U., Sengoz M., Miller R.C., Meirovitz A., Zouhair A., Freixa S.V., Poortmans P.H., Ash R., Kuten A.
ISSN
0002-9629
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
336
Number
6
Pages
478-488
Language
english
Abstract
Within the framework of the Rare Cancer Network Study, we examined 30 patients suffering from small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer, either in an early/localized or an advanced/metastatic stage. Patients were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy, with or without pelvic radiotherapy. Two patients with early disease achieved complete remission for a duration of 19 and 22 months. Three patients with advanced disease achieved complete remission for 6, 7, and 54 months, respectively. Twenty-five patients succumbed to massive local and/or distant failure. No patient presented with brain metastases as the initial site of relapse. Small cell neuroendocrine prostate carcinoma is a very aggressive disease with a poor prognosis, even in its localized form. Despite initial response, the common cisplatin-based chemotherapy plus radiotherapy failed to improve outcome markedly. Improvement will come from understanding the biology of the disease and integrating new targeted therapies into the treatment of this rare and aggressive tumor.
Keywords
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carcinoma, Small Cell/etiology, Carcinoma, Small Cell/pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Metastasis, Prognosis, Prostatic Neoplasms/etiology, Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology, Retrospective Studies
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