title: Prostate cancer metastasis to the mandible: case report.
abstract: Prostate cancer is recognised to be the commonest type of malignancy in the male in many parts of the world. Prostate cancer has a propensity to metastasize to bone, however metastasis to the jaw is uncommon and indeed among metastatic tumours of the jaws which are a rarity, only about 9% originate from a prostatic primary. We report a case of histologically proven metastatic prostate cancer to the right mandible which necessitated a hemi-mandibulectomy in order to improve the patient's quality of life.
authors.affiliation: University of Ghana Dental School, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Accra, Ghana.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Parkins
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Klufio
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011788:Quality of Life