Cancer stem cells and radioresistance: DNA repair and beyond

A Schulz, F Meyer, A Dubrovska, K Borgmann - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The current preclinical and clinical findings demonstrate that, in addition to the conventional
clinical and pathological indicators that have a prognostic value in radiation oncology, the …

Cancer stem cells: The root of tumor recurrence and metastases

C Peitzsch, A Tyutyunnykova, K Pantel… - Seminars in cancer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metastatic tumors are the cause of more than 90% of cancer related deaths. Metastasis
formation can be considered as a culmination of the Darwinian evolutionary process within …

[HTML][HTML] Improving radiotherapy in cancer treatment: Promises and challenges

HHW Chen, MT Kuo - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Effective radiotherapy for cancer has relied on the promise of maximally eradicating tumor
cells while minimally killing normal cells. Technological advancement has provided state-of …

[HTML][HTML] GLS-driven glutamine catabolism contributes to prostate cancer radiosensitivity by regulating the redox state, stemness and ATG5-mediated autophagy

A Mukha, U Kahya, A Linge, O Chen, S Löck… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiotherapy is one of the curative treatment options for localized prostate cancer (PCa).
The curative potential of radiotherapy is mediated by irradiation-induced oxidative stress …

The paradigm of drug resistance in cancer: an epigenetic perspective

S Adhikari, A Bhattacharya, S Adhikary… - Bioscience …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Innate and acquired resistance towards the conventional therapeutic regimen imposes a
significant challenge for the successful management of cancer for decades. In patients with …

Concise review: prostate cancer stem cells: current understanding

S Skvortsov, II Skvortsova, DG Tang, A Dubrovska - Stem Cells, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is heterogeneous, harboring phenotypically diverse cancer cell types.
PCa cell heterogeneity is caused by genomic instability that leads to the clonal competition …

Biological mechanisms to reduce radioresistance and increase the efficacy of radiotherapy: state of the art

F Busato, BE Khouzai, M Mognato - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer treatment with ionizing radiation (IR) is a well-established and effective clinical
method to fight different types of tumors and is a palliative treatment to cure metastatic …

[HTML][HTML] ALDH1A1 drives prostate cancer metastases and radioresistance by interplay with AR-and RAR-dependent transcription

I Gorodetska, A Offermann, J Püschel… - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Current therapies for metastatic osseous disease frequently fail to provide a
durable treatment response. To date, there are only limited therapeutic options for metastatic …

Recent advances in epigenetic biomarkers and epigenetic targeting in prostate cancer

A Kumaraswamy, KRW Leng, TC Westbrook, JA Yates… - European urology, 2021 - Elsevier
Context In addition to genetic alterations, epigenetic alterations play a crucial role during
prostate cancer progression. A better understanding of the epigenetic factors that promote …

Calcium signalling pathways in prostate cancer initiation and progression

R Silvestri, V Nicolì, P Gangadharannambiar… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells proliferate, differentiate and migrate by repurposing physiological signalling
mechanisms. In particular, altered calcium signalling is emerging as one of the most …