Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy

M Poutanen, M Hagberg Thulin, P Härkönen - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Sex steroids are major promoters of the growth of breast and prostate cancers. This Review
by Poutanen et al. describes the development of treatments for these cancer types that act to …

The role of adrenal derived androgens in castration resistant prostate cancer

M Barnard, EA Mostaghel, RJ Auchus… - The Journal of steroid …, 2020 - Elsevier
Castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) remains androgen dependant despite castrate
levels of circulating testosterone following androgen deprivation therapy, the first line of …

Association of 5α-reductase inhibitors with prostate cancer mortality

L Björnebo, T Nordström, A Discacciati… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There is evidence that 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs), a standard treatment of
benign prostate hyperplasia, are associated with a decrease in the incidence of prostate …

The etiology of prostate cancer

KL Ng - Exon Publications, 2021 - exonpublications.com
While the exact etiology of prostate cancer remains elusive, various modifiable and
unmodifiable risk factors have been suggested as contributing factors. These include age …

Self-reported Black race predicts significant prostate cancer independent of clinical setting and clinical and socioeconomic risk factors

OS Nettey, AJ Walker, MK Keeter, A Singal… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction and Objective Studies have linked Black race to prostate cancer (CaP)
risk but most fail to account for established risk factors such as 5-ARI use, prostate volume …

Is early surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia preferable to prolonged medical therapy: pros and cons

C Fogaing, A Alsulihem, L Campeau, J Corcos - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and objectives: Treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) related to
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) has shifted over the last decades, with medical therapy …

Future aspects of plant derived bioactive metabolites as therapeutics to combat benign prostatic hyperplasia

R Krishnamoorthi, A Kumaran - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2024 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), characterized by
prostate enlargement due to cell proliferation, is a common urinary disorder in men over 50 …

Prostate cancer incidence and mortality in men exposed to α1-adrenergic receptor antagonists

L Björnebo, S Razdan, A Discacciati… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background α1-Adrenergic receptor antagonists are commonly used to treat benign
prostatic hyperplasia. Preclinical studies suggest that they induce cell death and inhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Association of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor and prostate cancer incidence and mortality: a meta-analysis

X Hu, YH Wang, ZQ Yang, YX Shao… - … andrology and urology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background 5-Alpha-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) have been suggested as potential
chemopreventive agents for prostate cancer (PCa). This study was conducted to evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] Published registry-based pharmacoepidemiologic associations show limited concordance with agnostic medication-wide analyses

C Axfors, CJ Patel, JPA Ioannidis - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess how the results of published national registry-based
pharmacoepidemiology studies (where select associations are of interest) compare with an …