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Locally‐Confined Signet‐Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate: A Case Report of a Long‐Term Survivor
Author(s) -
Yoshimura Koji,
Fukui Iwao,
Ishikawa Yuichi,
Maeda Hiroshi,
Yamauchi Tamio,
Kawai Tsuneo
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00566.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathological , signet ring cell carcinoma , prostate , biopsy , carcinoma , signet ring cell , adenocarcinoma , oncology , cancer
It is generally believed that signet‐ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) of the prostate is a high‐grade neoplasm with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a long‐term survivor diagnosed with localized prostatic SRCC (T3N0M0), who has been alive without any clinical evidence of disease for 100 months after combination therapy which consisted of local irradiation and hormone administration. A posttreatment needle biopsy confirmed the pathological complete response.