Metastatic adenocarcinoma of prostate in a healing sternotomy site

Urology. 2006 Jul;68(1):204.e13-5. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.01.081.

Abstract

Metastatic prostate cancer has a strong predilection for osseous sites, where the disease spreads in 80% of advanced cases. The molecular mechanisms involved in prostate cancer establishment in bone are largely unknown; however, local tissue factors, including those involved in wound healing, have been suggested to play a critical role. We present a case of tumor explosion in a median sternotomy wound after local prostate cancer therapy. This case highlights that novel therapeutic interventions that disrupt the apparent synergistic relationship between tumor cells and the pro-tumorigenic microenvironment may hold great promise in constraining the proliferation of prostate cancer metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Sternum / surgery*
  • Wound Healing*