TY - JOUR
T1 - Laminectomy for spinal cord compression occurring in hormone refractory prostate cancer
AU - Kinoshita, Hidefumi
AU - Ogawa, Osamu
AU - Arai, Yoichi
PY - 2002/11/1
Y1 - 2002/11/1
N2 - In many cases of advanced prostate cancer, bone metastasis frequently occurs. Androgen deprivation therapy is very effective for these cases, but this therapy would result in failure, and symptomatic metastasis would develop. Approximately eighty percent of cases with bone metastasis showed epidural metastasis. When these lesions enlarge, spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in five to ten percent of cases. Many urologist would choose an adequate modality for this problem, based on the prognosis and/or general status of each patient. In this article we overview laminectomy for SCC and present our experience.
AB - In many cases of advanced prostate cancer, bone metastasis frequently occurs. Androgen deprivation therapy is very effective for these cases, but this therapy would result in failure, and symptomatic metastasis would develop. Approximately eighty percent of cases with bone metastasis showed epidural metastasis. When these lesions enlarge, spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in five to ten percent of cases. Many urologist would choose an adequate modality for this problem, based on the prognosis and/or general status of each patient. In this article we overview laminectomy for SCC and present our experience.
KW - Laminectomy
KW - Prostate cancer
KW - Spinal cord compression
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12512149
AN - SCOPUS:0036865944
VL - 48
SP - 725
EP - 728
JO - Acta Urologica Japonica
JF - Acta Urologica Japonica
SN - 0018-1994
IS - 11
ER -
