Hoshi Senji, Ohyama Chikara, Hagisawa Shigeru, Ono Kunio, Satoh Makoto, Saito Seiichi, Fukuzaki Atushi, Arai Yoichi
Department of Urology, Yamagata Prefectural Hospital, 1800 Aoyagi, Yamagata 990-2292, Japan.
Int J Clin Oncol. 2003 Apr;8(2):118-20. doi: 10.1007/s101470300021.
Many types of chemotherapy are now being attempted all over the world for hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) patients, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reduction in almost half of the treated patients has been reported. However, only a few studies have reported the response of bone metastasis. The authors report a patient with HRPC who obtained complete regression of bone metastases on super bone scan by biochemical modulation (BM), dexamethasone, and endocrine therapy.