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Successful treatment of concomitant metastatic prostate cancer and B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with R-EPOCH chemotherapy regimen and antiandrogen therapy

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posted on 2023-05-24, 11:51 authored by Hanna, F, Prakash, A, Allan, E, Alhossain Khalafallah
A 70-year-old man presented with left loin pain without urinary symptoms. Initial investigations with CT showed enlarged para-aortic, mediastinal lymph nodes, rightside renal mass and enlarged prostate. A prostaticspecific antigen (PSA) was alarmingly high at 4750 μg/L (normal <4.0 μg/L). Further investigations included positron emission tomography (PET); both prostatespecific membrane antigen and 18-fluorodeoxyglucose as well as bone scan and bone marrow examination confirmed dual malignancies with B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (B-NHL) and wide spread metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma (PA ) to the skull, spine, pelvis, liver and lungs. The patient was treated with six cycles of rituximab, etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin(R-EPOCH) containing regimen for B-NHL and goserelin hormonal therapy for PA . Restaging with PET scans thereafter showed complete remission of NHL with disappearance of his metastatic PA and normalisation of PSA levels. R-EPOCH regimen and antiandrogen therapy resulted in a good outcome and remission of both malignancies.

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BMJ Case Reports

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1-6

ISSN

1757-790X

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

BMJ Group

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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  • Restricted

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Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions

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