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Survival of patients with secondary carcinoma of prostate in the testis
Author(s) -
Weitzner Stanley
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197308)32:2<447::aid-cncr2820320223>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , prostate , penis , metastasis , adenocarcinoma , urology , prostatic adenocarcinoma , oncology , cancer , surgery
Fifteen men with secondary carcinoma of prostate in the testis with follow‐up data, including the two added, are reviewed. The prognosis is not unfavorable, since six patients lived 13 to 18 months and four of the other nine survived 6 to 11 months after detection of the testicular metastasis. Survival is apparently not influenced by the patient's age, duration of the prostatic carcinoma, and whether the testicular metastasis was clinically manifest or detected microscopically. Secondary prostatic adenocarcinoma in the testis appears to offer a better prognosis than secondary prostatic adenocarcinoma in the penis, since most patients with the latter were dead Within 6 months.