Genetics and biology of prostate cancer

G Wang, D Zhao, DJ Spring… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite the high long-term survival in localized prostate cancer, metastatic prostate cancer
remains largely incurable even after intensive multimodal therapy. The lethality of advanced …

Towards precision oncology in advanced prostate cancer

SY Ku, ME Gleave, H Beltran - Nature Reviews Urology, 2019 - nature.com
Metastatic biopsy programmes combined with advances in genomic sequencing have
provided new insights into the molecular landscape of castration-resistant prostate cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Patient derived organoids to model rare prostate cancer phenotypes

L Puca, R Bareja, D Prandi, R Shaw, M Benelli… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A major hurdle in the study of rare tumors is a lack of existing preclinical models.
Neuroendocrine prostate cancer is an uncommon and aggressive histologic variant of …

Neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer: emerging biology, models, and therapies

L Puca, PJ Vlachostergios… - Cold Spring …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Although a de novo clinical presentation of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the
prostate is rare, a subset of patients previously diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma …

[HTML][HTML] E2F7, regulated by miR‑30c, inhibits apoptosis and promotes cell cycle of prostate cancer cells

Y Wang, X Pei, P Xu, Z Tan, Z Zhu… - Oncology …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) remains a leading cause of mortality among men in the United States
and Western Europe. The molecular mechanism of PCa pathogenesis has not been fully …

Targeting androgen-independent pathways: new chances for patients with prostate cancer?

C Cattrini, E Zanardi, G Vallome, A Cavo… - Critical Reviews in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the mainstay treatment for advanced prostate cancer
(PC). Most patients eventually progress to a condition known as castration-resistant prostate …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics, treatment outcomes and potential novel therapeutic options for patients with neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate

L Apostolidis, C Nientiedt, EC Winkler, AK Berger… - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Neuroendocrine carcinomas of the prostate (NEPCs) are rare tumors with poor
prognosis. While platinum and etoposide-based chemotherapy regimens (PE) are …

Emerging cell cycle inhibitors for treating metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

A Batra, E Winquist - Expert opinion on emerging drugs, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Disease progression despite androgen suppression defines lethal castration-
resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Most of these cancers remain androgen receptor (AR) …

Epigenetic reprogramming: A key mechanism driving therapeutic resistance

AV Sheahan, L Ellis - Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original …, 2018 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer initiation, development and progression is driven by androgen receptor (AR)
signaling. Androgen deprivation therapy is the primary treatment for patients that present …

Clinicopathologic diagnostic approach to aggressive variant prostate cancer

V Manucha, J Henegan - Archives of pathology & …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—Aggressive variant prostate cancer (AVPCa) develops in a subset of patients with
metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The clinical and histologic overlap of AVPCa …