PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN-PRODUCING CELLS IN THE BONE-MARROW OF A PATIENT WITH EARLY-STAGE PROSTATE-CANCER

Authors
DAMICO AV MATELSKI H OLEARY M SUSSMAN B
Citation
Av. Damico et al., PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN-PRODUCING CELLS IN THE BONE-MARROW OF A PATIENT WITH EARLY-STAGE PROSTATE-CANCER, Urology, 49(2), 1997, pp. 279-282
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
279 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1997)49:2<279:PACITB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
This report describes a clinical case that supports the hypothesis tha t occult bone marrow disease may exist even in early-stage and low pro state-specific antigen (less than 10 ng/mL) prostate cancer. The conce pt of adding androgen suppression to definitive local therapy in these patients is discussed. Copyright 1997 by Elsevier Science Inc.