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ArticleCureus2020

Small Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Rahul Bhandari, Toms Vengaloor Thomas, Shankar Giri, Pallatikurthi P Kumar, Celeste Cook-Glenn

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Small Cell Carcinoma Prostate: A Case Report with Findings on 18-F FDG PET/CT.Indian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rahul BhandariRadiation Oncology, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Toms Vengaloor ThomasRadiation Oncology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Shankar GiriRadiation Oncology, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Pallatikurthi P KumarRadiation Oncology, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Celeste Cook-GlennPathology, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small cell carcinoma of the prostate (SCCP) is a rare malignancy that is considered a lethal entity of prostate cancer. Once it is diagnosed, patients characteristically experience an aggressive clinical course with poor overall survival rates, which unfortunately still holds even with modern treatments. In this report, we discuss the case of a 63-year-old African American male who initially presented to the hospital with an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of 9.41 ng/mL and was found to have locally extensive SCCP. After one cycle of chemotherapy, the patient's symptoms worsened, and his disease continued to progress with an increased metastatic burden. In a matter of just a few months, the patient's disease progressed from a locally advanced entity to a diffusely metastatic one, showcasing the true aggressive nature of this disease. Through an extensive literature review, this case report also sheds further light on SCCP's histological characteristics, its apparent differences from adenocarcinoma of the prostate, and its aggressive nature even through treatment.

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neuroendocrine carcinoma of prostateprostate cancersmall cell carcinoma of the prostate

Identifiers

PMID32226675
PMCPMC7093915

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