A first Japanese case of BRCA2 and RB1 co-loss organ-confined prostate cancer successfully treated by radical prostatectomy.

ABSTRACT: We report a rare case of localized prostate cancer with BRCA2 and RB1 co-loss, which is usually found at a more advanced stage with a poor prognosis. A 59-year-old male with prostate cancer was referred to our hospital for surgical treatment. He had schizophrenia that was well controlled by medicine. He had no family history of prostate cancer, breast cancer, or ovarian cancer. His initial PSA was 4.5 ng/mL, and Gleason score 3 + 4 adenocarcinoma was detected in one of 12 needle biopsy cores. Imaging studies demonstrated the clinical stage to be cT2aN0M0. Therefore, robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) with bilateral nerve sparing was performed. Based on histopathological analysis, the Gleason score was 4 + 3 and the pathological stage was pT2N0M0 with a n

SUBMITTER: Matsumoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8206394 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature