[SMALL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE: A CASE REPORT OF RELATIVE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2015 Oct;106(4):280-4. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol.106.280.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Small cell carcinoma of the prostate (SCCP) is rare, and no standard treatment regimen has yet been established. The overall prognosis remains poor. We experienced a case who obtained relative long-term survival with two types of chemotherapy treatments. A 69-year-old man underwent combined androgen blockade (CAB) with a diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma (Gleason score = 5 + 3) that was staged T3bN1M1b (initial PSA = 352 ng/ml). Twenty-five months after hormonal therapy, the level of serum PSA had elapsed remain low, however, FDG-PET/CT revealed high value at the lymph node of para-aortic and pelvic lesion. The levels of serum NSE and Pro-GRP elevated, and a prostate re-biopsy revealed a small cell carcinoma. Therefore, he was treated with 12-cycles of combination chemotherapy consisting of etoposide and carboplatin. Then, disease has progressed, so he was changed to second line chemotherapy with amrubicin. He underwent 12-cycles chemotherapy with amrubicin, but he died of cancer 39 months after the initial treatment of SCCP.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anthracyclines / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carboplatin / administration & dosage
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anthracyclines
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Etoposide
  • amrubicin
  • Carboplatin