Prostatic Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report

Prostatic Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report

Prostatic carcinosarcoma is a rare malignancy composed of sarcomatous and carcinomatous elements. Predominantly, they are very aggressive tumors with a poor prognosis. In this case report, a 78 year-old male patient with prostate adenocarcinoma developing prostatic carcinosarcoma after using androge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Üroonkoloji bülteni 2017-06, Vol.16 (2), p.67-69
Hauptverfasser: Şenoğlu, Yusuf, Çam, Kamil, Erdem, Havva, Kayıkçı, Muhammet Ali, Tekin, Ali
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Androgens
Cancer therapies
Case reports
Catheters
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Patients
Prostate
Radiation therapy
Tıp
Tumors
Urology
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Zusammenfassung:Prostatic carcinosarcoma is a rare malignancy composed of sarcomatous and carcinomatous elements. Predominantly, they are very aggressive tumors with a poor prognosis. In this case report, a 78 year-old male patient with prostate adenocarcinoma developing prostatic carcinosarcoma after using androgen blockade for 3 years was presented. We tried to define the clinical and pathological features of this rare malignancy with current information.
ISSN:2147-2270
2147-2122
2147-2270
DOI:10.4274/uob.771