Androgen receptor: a key molecule in the progression of prostate cancer to hormone independence

ME Taplin, SP Balk - Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Despite earlier detection and recent advances in surgery and radiation, prostate cancer is
second only to lung cancer in male cancer deaths in the United States. Hormone therapy in …

Intraprostatic androgens and androgen-regulated gene expression persist after testosterone suppression: therapeutic implications for castration-resistant prostate …

EA Mostaghel, ST Page, DW Lin, L Fazli, IM Coleman… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains the primary treatment for advanced prostate
cancer. The efficacy of ADT has not been rigorously evaluated by demonstrating …

Androgen receptor action in hormone‐dependent and recurrent prostate cancer

IU Agoulnik, NL Weigel - Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of androgens and androgen receptors (AR) in primary prostate cancer is
well established. Metastatic disease is usually treated with some form of androgen ablation …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical relevance of androgen receptor alterations in prostate cancer

E Jernberg, A Bergh, P Wikström - Endocrine connections, 2017 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Prostate cancer (PC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men
worldwide, despite continuously improved treatment strategies. Patients with metastatic …

[HTML][HTML] Prolonged androgen deprivation leads to downregulation of androgen receptor and prostate-specific membrane antigen in prostate cancer cells

T Liu, LY Wu, MD Fulton… - … journal of oncology, 2012 - spandidos-publications.com
Emergence of androgen-independent cancer cells during androgen deprivation therapy
presents a significant challenge to successful treatment outcomes in prostate cancer …

Regulation of androgen receptor levels: implications for prostate cancer progression and therapy

KL Burnstein - Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Androgen deprivation has been the standard therapy for advanced and metastatic prostate
cancer for over half a century, as prostate tumors are initially dependent on androgens for …

Androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer

Z Culig, FR Santer - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2014 - Springer
The androgen receptor (AR), ligand-induced transcription factor, is expressed in primary
prostate cancer and in metastases. AR regulates multiple cellular events, proliferation …

[HTML][HTML] Steroid hormone synthetic pathways in prostate cancer

EA Mostaghel - Translational andrology and urology, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains the primary treatment for metastatic
prostate cancer (PCa) since the seminal recognition of the disease as androgen-dependent …

Drug insight: role of the androgen receptor in the development and progression of prostate cancer

ME Taplin - Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, 2007 - nature.com
Functional androgen receptor (AR) signaling is necessary for the development of prostate
cancer. The therapeutic effect of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer was …

Sex hormones and prostate cancer

RJ Auchus, N Sharifi - Annual review of medicine, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The prostate is an androgen-dependent organ that develops only in male mammals.
Prostate cancer is the most common nonskin malignancy in men and the second leading …