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Pelvic Pain

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The patient is a 61-year-old black man who presented with stage IV adenocarcinoma of the prostate. For 2 years he was in remission on lupron and flutamide. However, for the recent 3 months he has had progressive back, right hip and right leg pain. Bone scan showed new lesions in the right sacroiliac and lumbar-thoracic spine regions.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0757, USA

    Bernard S. Aron MD

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 4950 Sunset Boulevard 2C, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA

    A. Robert Kagan MD

  2. Center for Health Sciences, Johnsson Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 LeConte, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Richard J. Steckel MD

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Aron, B.S. (1994). Pelvic Pain. In: Kagan, A.R., Steckel, R.J. (eds) Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84885-8_27

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