Immune reaction by cytoreductive prostatectomy.

Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer among men and the second leading cause of male cancer deaths in the United States. With no effective cure for advanced disease, the survival rates of castration-resistant disease and metastatic disease remains poor. Treatment via hormonal manipulation, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy remain marginally effective, indicating the need for novel treatment strategies. Cytoreductive prostatectomy (CRP) has grown as a treatment modality for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and an emerging body of literature has demonstrated its survival benefits. In this review, we hope to further explore immunologic changes after CRP and the resultant effects on oncologic outcomes. Conclusively, the data and technical considerations of CRS evolve, CRS may continue to expand treat various type of metastatic cancer. Still, there are little reports about immunological changed after CRP. However, based on technical improvement, CRP and combinational immunotherapy are developing treatments of metastatic disease.