Publications by authors named "Yoshifumi Kasai"

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies have broadened the armamentarium for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). As the ICI therapy spreads in the clinical settings, immune-related adverse events are more of a concern for clinicians. The present study reports three cases of mRCC treated with pembrolizumab plus axitinib and diagnosed hypopituitarism based on clinical symptoms and hormonal profile.

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Distant urethral metastasis of the castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is very rare. In this case report, we present a 69-year-old man who was first diagnosed prostate cancer from the sessile papillary tumor in the prostatic urethra which recurred after surgery and androgen deprivation therapy and finally treated with CyberKnife radiosurgery. There has been no recurrence for 50 months.

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