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Skin metastases from prostate cancer successfully treated with radiation therapy

Skin metastases from prostate cancer (PCa) are rare, cause considerable discomfort, and usually indicate advanced disease and a poor prognosis. To date, literature accounts for no more than 88 cases of skin metastasis from PCa, and radiation therapy (RT) is not considered a standard treatment option...

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Autores principales: Marampon, Francesco, Parisi, Martina, Cicco, Piero Rodolfo, Serpone, Maria, Tomaciello, Miriam, Musio, Daniela, De Felice, Francesca, Tombolini, Vincenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10412916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37576003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200142
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Sumario:Skin metastases from prostate cancer (PCa) are rare, cause considerable discomfort, and usually indicate advanced disease and a poor prognosis. To date, literature accounts for no more than 88 cases of skin metastasis from PCa, and radiation therapy (RT) is not considered a standard treatment option. Here, we have described a rare case of skin localization of castration-resistant metastatic PCa, which occurred in a 75-year-old male previously treated with RT for PCa, 11 years earlier. The skin lesions, which progressively appeared in different areas of the chest wall, were successfully treated with electron beam RT (900 cGy, for 3 consecutive days). Five months after irradiating skin metastases, the patient showed general fair conditions and no longer developed other skin lesions in the areas already treated or elsewhere. This report describes a scarce case of cutaneous metastases from PCa, underlying the crucial role of RT as a definitive palliative treatment that should be used to limit systemic chemotherapy-related toxicity.