Protein degraders enter the clinic—a new approach to cancer therapy

D Chirnomas, KR Hornberger, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Heterobifunctional protein degraders, such as PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC)
protein degraders, constitute a novel therapeutic modality that harnesses the cell's natural …

Limitations and opportunities of technologies for the analysis of cell-free DNA in cancer diagnostics

P Song, LR Wu, YH Yan, JX Zhang, T Chu… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the circulating blood plasma of patients with cancer contains
tumour-derived DNA sequences that can serve as biomarkers for guiding therapy, for the …

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 …

Optimal sequencing of enzalutamide and abiraterone acetate plus prednisone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a multicentre, randomised, open-label …

DJ Khalaf, M Annala, S Taavitsainen, DL Finch… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Abiraterone acetate plus prednisone and enzalutamide are both used for the
treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. We aimed to determine the best …

[HTML][HTML] Role of androgen receptor in prostate cancer: a review

K Fujita, N Nonomura - The world journal of men's health, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Androgen receptor (AR) is a steroid receptor transcriptional factor for testosterone and
dihydrotestosterone consisting of four main domains, the N-terminal domain, DNA-binding …

Circulating tumor DNA genomics correlate with resistance to abiraterone and enzalutamide in prostate cancer

M Annala, G Vandekerkhove, D Khalaf, S Taavitsainen… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Primary resistance to androgen receptor (AR)–directed therapies in metastatic castration-
resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is poorly understood. We randomized 202 patients 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 applications of circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA as liquid biopsy

C Alix-Panabières, K Pantel - Cancer discovery, 2016 - AACR
Abstract “Liquid biopsy” focusing on the analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTC) and
circulating cell-free tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the blood of patients with cancer has received …

Emerging mechanisms of resistance to androgen receptor inhibitors in prostate cancer

PA Watson, VK Arora, CL Sawyers - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
During the past 10 years, preclinical studies implicating sustained androgen receptor (AR)
signalling as the primary driver of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) have led to …

Androgen receptor signaling pathway in prostate cancer: from genetics to clinical applications

G Aurilio, A Cimadamore, R Mazzucchelli… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Around 80–90% of prostate cancer (PCa) cases are dependent on androgens at initial
diagnosis; hence, androgen ablation therapy directed toward a reduction in serum …