EDITOR
Neil Love, MD
MEET THE PROFESSORS CASE DISCUSSIONS
Case 1: A 62-year-old man who presented with a PSA of five ng/mL underwent
radical prostatectomy and had a pathologic Stage T2B, Gleason 7 (4 + 3)
prostate cancer with 40 to 50 percent involvement of the gland and a focal
positive margin at the anterior edge of the apex (from the practice of
Alan M Nieder, MD)
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Case 2: A 53-year-old man with a history of colon cancer whose PSA level
rose from 3.8 to 7.9 ng/mL in one year, with pathologic T3 Gleason 4 + 5
prostate cancer with extracapsular extension, negative nodes, seminal vesicles
and margins after nerve-sparing prostatectomy (from the practice of
Michael A Simon, MD)
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Case 3: A 50-year-old man with an abnormal DRE (slightly indurated left
lobe), a PSA level of 0.2 ng/mL with 1/12 positive cores (one percent) and
Gleason 6 prostate cancer (from the practice of Richard Davi, MD)
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Case 4: An 84-year-old man who underwent external beam radiation
therapy 10 years ago for Gleason 7 prostate cancer and was treated with an
LHRH agonist and then MAB therapy for PSA recurrences. Currently, he has
bone metastases, with a PSA of 50 ng/mL, and he is receiving docetaxel and
prednisone for bone pain (from the practice of Dr Nieder)
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Case 5: A 71-year-old man with a PSA rising from five to 18.1 ng/mL in
the year prior to diagnosis of Gleason 6-7 prostate cancer, with 9/13 positive
cores (85 percent) and DRE abnormal bilaterally. Bone and CT scans were
negative (from the practice of Benjamin M Tripp, MD)
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INTERVIEWS
Judd W Moul, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Urologic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
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Daniel P Petrylak, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Genitourinary Oncology Program
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, New York
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