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An Orthotopic Murine Model of Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Published on: September 18, 2013
Urothelial carcinoma with mandibular metastasis and synchronous prostate cancer
Dushyant Pawar1, Dauod Arif2, Arrvind Raghunath3
1Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA dushyant.s.pawar@ttuhsc.edu.
Abstract:
Only 4% of newly diagnosed bladder cancer (BC) patients present with metastatic disease. The most common reported sites of metastases are lymph nodes, bones, lung, liver and peritoneum. Mandibular metastasis is very rare. We report a case of muscle-invasive urothelial cancer metastasised to the mandible and with an incidental finding of high-risk prostate cancer (PC). Incidental finding of PC in BC patients may be suggestive of a common aetiology. Treatment for BC and PC can be delivered in parallel, including platinum-based chemotherapy, cystectomy and androgen depletion therapy. Prognosis of metastatic BC is poor, and high-risk PC may affect progression-free survival of BC. Our case highlights importance of considering BC metastasis to the jaw as well as synchronous PC in the management of patients presenting with BC.

