Neuroendocrine prostate cancer
https://doi.org/10.17650/1726-9776-2023-19-2-94-100
Abstract
In Russia, prostate cancer is a common disease with fast increasing incidence. In the vast majority of prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy, on average 18–36 months after the start of treatment refractoriness to androgen ablation develops. In 15–20 % of patients, signs of neuroendocrine differentiation may develop.
Neuroendocrine prostate cancer is an aggressive variant of castration-resistant prostate cancer with poor prognosis and low survival.
Due to the rarity of these types of tumors, specific diagnostic and treatment algorithms have not been developed. As a rule, they are similar to the methods for other malignant forms of prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors.
About the Authors
S. Z. Safina
Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Health of the Tatarstan Republic named after prof. M.Z. Sigal
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
29 Sibirskiy Trakt St., Kazan 420029, Russia
A. Z. Isyangulova
Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Health of the Tatarstan Republic named after prof. M.Z. Sigal
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alina Zulfatovna Isyangulova
29 Sibirskiy Trakt St., Kazan 420029, Russia
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