[Complications and causes of fatal outcomes in prostatic cancer].
An analysis of post-mortem examination data on 600 cases of cancer of the prostate showed that among the most frequent complications were ascending pyelonephritis (51.7%), focal pneumonia (42.8%) and cachexia (36.7%). Deaths were caused mainly by progression of cachexia (24.3%), uremia (24.3%) and focal pneumonia (19.5%). Only a small percentage of patients died from postoperative complications and concomitant pathology.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D000368:Aged; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014511:Uremia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality
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