title: Leiomyosarcoma of prostate: a rare, aggressive tumor.
abstract: Leiomyosarcoma of prostate is a rare, aggressive tumor with bizarre presentation at advanced stage. Though definite treatment modalities are not recommended till now, innovative combined multimodality treatment strategies may help to improve the prognosis of patients with this tumor of poor survival rate. Here we report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the prostate which presented with chest metastasis.
authors: Department of Urology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors: Jitendra Pratap
authors: JP
authors: Singh
authors: Debashis
authors: D
authors: Chakraborty
authors: Malay Kumar
authors: MK
authors: Bera
authors: Dilipkumar
authors: D
authors: Pal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D015251:Epirubicin; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D007069:Ifosfamide