Background: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer death among men in the US. Approximately three million prostate cancer survivors are living in the US according to 2014 estimate by American Cancer Society. Little is known about the risk factors and the causes of medical admissions associated with [...]

Background:  By 2026 the number of prostate cancer survivors is expected to reach 4.5 million. Although the mortality from prostate cancer has been steadily decreasing, cancer survivors usually have poor outcomes compared to their peers without cancer. The majority of the cancer survivors are over the age of 70 and have progressive medical comorbidities. Identifying [...]

Background: Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a major life-threatening oncological emergency where accelerated damage of rapidly proliferating tumor cells results in critical metabolic derangements including hyperuricemia, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, and hypocalcemia potentially leading to acute kidney injury (AKI) and multi-organ failure. TLS has been well documented in hematologic malignancies but is extremely rare in solid neoplasms, [...]

Case Presentation: A 91-year-old male with a known history of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diastolic heart failure, pulmonary embolism, hypertension, and previous extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) urinary tract infection (UTI) presented with encephalopathy. He was not tachypneic nor tachycardic, but his bicarbonate was low at less than 8, and his lactic acid [...]

Case Presentation: A 79-year-old male with metastatic prostate cancer status post multiple systemic agents presented with recurrent episodes of epistaxis with associated anemia and fatigue. The patient had a pertinent history of multifactorial CKD stage III. He was diagnosed with a left nasal polyp which required polypectomy. Despite removal of the polyp, the patient continued [...]

Case Presentation: An 84 year old male with past medical history of prostate cancer with metastasis to bone presented with thrombocytopenia. His original diagnosis of prostate cancer was made with a PSA and a transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate. The biopsy showed extensive adenocarcinoma in all core samples taken. Bone scan at that [...]

Case Presentation: A 57-year-old African American man with a past medical history of alcohol use disorder, treatment naive chronic hepatitis C infection, and epilepsy presented with left flank pain without urinary symptoms. A non-contrast abdominal CT scan did not show renal pathology but showed compression fracture the L1 vertebra with paravertebral soft tissue and stranding. [...]

Case Presentation: In September 2021, a 53-year-old male with a BMI of 30.91 and no history of alcohol use was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, indicated by a PSA level of 111. A transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy revealed Gleason score 4+5 prostate adenocarcinoma. In February 2022, the patient initiated treatment with Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) [...]

Case Presentation: 64 year old male with history of stage 4 prostate cancer status post radiosurgery and hormonal therapy in remission for 6 months presented with 1 month of left upper quadrant and epigastric pain associated with nausea, anorexia and unintentional 15 lb weight loss within 8 months. His PSA level was significantly elevated at [...]

Case Presentation: An 86-year-old male patient with a history of hypertension and newly diagnosed stage 2 prostate cancer was referred from the cancer center due to a hypertensive emergency following the administration of a leuprolide injection. Shortly after receiving the first leuprolide injection, the patient experienced facial flushing, ocular pain, a sensation of eyes bulging [...]