Reduction of Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels following Varicella-Zoster Infection and Valaciclovir Treatment in Prostate Cancer

RR (Roy) Jurhill; H de Veen; Arno van Leenders; Paul Verhagen

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2009.02.025

Reduction of Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels following Varicella-Zoster Infection and Valaciclovir Treatment in Prostate Cancer

RR (Roy) Jurhill, H de Veen, Arno van Leenders, Paul Verhagen

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Abstract

We present two prostate cancer patients, including one with a castration-resistant cancer whose rising serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels showed a remarkable drop after a reactivated varicella-zoster virus infection treated with valaciclovir. In one patient, we found a temporary decrease in serum PSA lasting for at least 4 mo. In the patient with castration-resistant prostate cancer, serum PSA decreased to <0.01 mu g/l and has remained undetectable since. (C) European Association of Urology Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Pages (from-to)	392-394
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Urology
Volume	56
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2009.02.025
Publication status	Published - 2009

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