Extent and pattern of symptom relief following surgical castration in patients with advanced prostate cancer treated at a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
Surgical castration improves both bone pain and lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with advanced prostate cancer. Notably, patients experiencing severe bone pain reported resolution of bone pain symptoms within the first and second weeks, respectively, indicating the prompt effectiveness of the surgery on these symptoms.
Authors
- Victor Patrick Sensa
- Alan Paciorek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3900-882X)
- Kimu Marko Njiku
- Obadia Venance Nyongole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9807-1960)
- Charles A. Mkony
- Fransia Arda Mushi
- A. Alexandre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3819-7828)
- Charles John Nhungo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1634-7226)
- Ally Hamis Mwanga
Institutions
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Muhimbili National Hospital (TZ)
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Surgery
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-024-02619-5
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.26
Funders
- University of California, San Francisco