- Volume 5
- Issue 5 Publication Date: June 2007
Successful Treatment of Metastatic Androgen-Independent Prostate Carcinoma in a Transsexual Patient
Tanya B. Dorff, Ronald L. Shazer, Edward M. Nepomuceno, Steven J. Tucker
The occurrence of prostate carcinoma in transsexual patients has rarely been reported. These cases present a unique challenge in that such patients are effectively receiving androgen deprivation therapy. By definition, their disease is androgen-independent prostate cancer, and the role of local therapy is undefined. We report on a male-to-female transsexual patient with metastatic prostate cancer treated successfully with combination chemotherapy after previous standard therapy failed.