Fatal spontaneous tumor lysis syndrome in a patient with metastatic, androgen-independent prostate cancer [6]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 916-917

  Lin, Cheng Jui ^a   Hsieh, Ruey Kuen ^a   Lim, Ken Hong ^a,b   Chen, Han Hsiang ^a,b   Cheng, Yi Chou ^a   Wu, Chih Jen ^a,b,c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANDROGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUTAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; LEUPRORELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; OXACILLIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATOMEGALY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METASTASIS; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUTAMIDE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

EID: 34548386149     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318137a665     Document Type: Letter

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