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Table 1 Literature review of all previous cases of solitary prostate cancer metastasis to colon and rectum

From: Prostate cancer solitary metastasis to anal canal: case report and review of literature

Author/Year of publicationa

Age

Symptoms

Gleason score

Interval between original PCa diagnosis and rectal presentation

Tumour grade/Type

PSA staining in colon specimens

Treatment

Morita et al. 1991 [6]

61

obstructive defecation

n.d

5 months

G3 / adenocarcinoma

positive

AAT/total pelvic exenteration

Vaghefi et al. 2005 [4]

69

no symptoms

3 + 4 = 7

5 years

G2 / adenocarcinoma

positive

RP with pelvic lymphadenectomy/LE

Fujita et al. 2009 [7]

77

abdominal pain

n.d

same time

G3 / adenocarcinoma

positive

AAT

Venara et al. 2010 [5]

75

abdominal pain

3 + 4 = 7

10 years

prostatic carcinosarcoma

n.d

RP/ AAT and pelvic RT/intermittent hormonal treatment/ AR/radiotherapy

Nwankwo et al. 2013 [8]

69

rectal bleeding, abdominal pain

n.d

12 years

G3 / adenocarcinoma

n.d

pelvic RT/bilateral orchiectomy/ AAT/ prostate cryoablation

Liu et al. 2015 [9]

73

altered bowel habits

4 + 5 = 9

1 year

G3 / adenocarcinoma

positive

bilateral orchiectomy/AAT/ neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

  1. n.d no data, PSA prostate-specific antigen, RP radical prostatectomy, LE local excision, AR anterior resection, RT radiotherapy, APR abdominoperineal resection, AAT antiandrogen therapy
  2. atwo cases were excluded because of the continuity invasion to colon by PCa