Neuroendocrine prostate cancer

Abstract

In Russia, prostate cancer is a common disease with fast increasing incidence. In the vast majority of prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy, on average 18–36 months after the start of treatment refractoriness to androgen ablation develops. In 15–20 % of patients, signs of neuroendocrine differentiation may develop.Neuroendocrine prostate cancer is an aggressive variant of castration-resistant prostate cancer with poor prognosis and low survival.Due to the rarity of these types of tumors, specific diagnostic and treatment algorithms have not been developed. As a rule, they are similar to the methods for other malignant forms of prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors.