Cell-free DNA: hope and potential application in cancer

Y Yan, Q Guo, F Wang, R Adhikari, Z Zhu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is easily accessible in peripheral blood and can be used as
biomarkers for cancer diagnostics, prognostics, and therapeutics. The applications of cfDNA …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying prostate cancer development: therapeutic implications

U Testa, G Castelli, E Pelosi - Medicines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer is the most frequent nonskin cancer and second most common cause of
cancer-related deaths in man. Prostate cancer is a clinically heterogeneous disease with …

Genomic analysis of circulating tumor DNA in 3,334 patients with advanced prostate cancer identifies targetable BRCA alterations and AR resistance mechanisms

H Tukachinsky, RW Madison, JH Chung… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) is of increasing value for patients with
metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). mCRPC tends to metastasize to …

Clinical and genomic insights into circulating tumor DNA-based alterations across the spectrum of metastatic hormone-sensitive and castrate-resistant prostate cancer

M Kohli, W Tan, T Zheng, A Wang, C Montesinos… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Metastatic prostate cancer is a clonally heterogeneous disease state
characterized by progressive somatic perturbations. The aim of this study was to identify cell …

Evolution of castration-resistant prostate cancer in ctDNA during sequential androgen receptor pathway inhibition

M Annala, S Taavitsainen, DJ Khalaf… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Cross-resistance renders multiple lines of androgen receptor (AR) signaling
inhibitors increasingly futile in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). We …

Treatment-driven tumour heterogeneity and drug resistance: Lessons from solid tumours

S Crucitta, F Cucchiara, R Mathijssen, J Mateo… - Cancer treatment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular heterogeneity characterizes tumours' evolution and adaptation and, because of its
dynamics and continuous changes under external pressure, it is one of the major causes of …

Cancer stem cell in prostate cancer progression, metastasis and therapy resistance

P Verma, N Shukla, S Kumari, MS Ansari… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most diagnosed malignancy in the men worldwide. Cancer
stem cells (CSCs) are the sub-population of cells present in the tumor which possess unique …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting patient-specific response to adaptive therapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen dynamics

R Brady-Nicholls, J Zhang, T Zhang, AZ Wang, R Butler… - Neoplasia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abiraterone acetate (AA) has been proven effective for metastatic castration-resistant
prostate cancer (mCRPC), and it has been proposed that adaptive AA may reduce toxicity …

Combined cell-free DNA and RNA profiling of the androgen receptor: clinical utility of a novel multianalyte liquid biopsy assay for metastatic prostate cancer

H Fettke, EM Kwan, MM Docanto, P Bukczynska, N Ng… - European urology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The androgen receptor (AR) remains a critical driver in metastatic castration-
resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Profiling AR aberrations in both circulating DNA and …

Clinical utility of emerging biomarkers in prostate cancer liquid biopsies

E Boerrigter, LN Groen, NP Van Erp… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common malignancies in
men and a major cause of cancer deaths among men worldwide. Prostate specific antigen …