title: Rapid rise of serum acid phosphatase after irradiation of metastatic carcinoma of prostate.
abstract: An eighty-two-year-old man with metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma was treated with radiation therapy to the lumbar region of the spinal column. A rapid rise in his acid phosphatase activities developed, increasing thirty-eight-fold in two days. He died on the second day post-therapy of hemorrhagic complications. The rapid increase in acid phosphatase activity was due to release from injured or dying prostatic adenocarcinoma cells.
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D000135:Acid Phosphatase