Cranial nerve palsy caused by metastasis to the skull base in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer: Three case reports.
Yota YasumizuTakeo KosakaHiroshi HongoRyuichi MizunoMototsugu OyaPublished in: IJU case reports (2021)
External beam radiation therapy exhibited some efficacy against the symptoms, but skull base metastasis of treatment-resistant prostate cancer has poor prognosis. Three patients died within 3 months after symptoms occurred with or without external beam radiation therapy.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- radiation therapy
- prostate cancer
- long non coding rna
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- radical prostatectomy
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- sleep quality
- locally advanced
- squamous cell carcinoma
- depressive symptoms
- physical activity
- patient reported outcomes
- electron microscopy
- patient reported
- peripheral nerve