Radiation‐Associated Enteric‐Type Urethral Adenocarcinoma 20 Years After Prostate Brachytherapy: A Case Treated With Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine‐Cisplatin and Robot‐Assisted Radical Cystectomy
Introduction: Brachytherapy is a widely accepted treatment for prostate cancer, in which subsequent radiation-associated enteric-type urethral adenocarcinoma is extremely rare. Case Presentation: An 83-year-old man with a history of cholecystitis, appendicitis, and hyperlipidemia who had undergone brachytherapy 20 years earlier presented with dysuria. Transurethral resection of the prostate revealed enteric-type urethral adenocarcinoma. Imaging showed a space-occupying lesion extending from the prostatic to the membranous urethra without distant metastasis. The patient received three cycles of gemcitabine and cisplatin as neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by robot-assisted radical cystectomy after confirmation of tumor shrinkage. At 18 months postoperatively, he remained alive with no evidence of recurrence. Conclusion: This case illustrates a rare secondary enteric-type urethral adenocarcinoma after brachytherapy and highlights a potential therapeutic strategy for its management.
Authors
- Tatsuya Nagai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-2747)
- Y Fujimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0534-5561)
- Koya Morishita
- Yuta Kashiwagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4895-6322)
- Yuki Tanaka
- Satoshi Katsuno
- Yuki Okumura
Institutions
- Okazaki City Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IJU Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/iju5.70216
- Primary Topic
- Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00