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Andrew John Armstrong

Andrew John Armstrong

George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Cancer
Medicine, Medical Oncology
andrew.armstrong@duke.edu
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Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Disease progression patterns and association of prostate-specific antigen level with risk of progression in nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · October 2026 BACKGROUND: In ARAMIS, darolutamide statistically significantly prolonged metastasis-free survival by 2 years and reduced the risk of death by 31% in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). We report post hoc analyses of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Recruitment strategies in the PROMISE Registry: Evaluating institutional outreach, direct-to-patient marketing, and community engagement approaches in a decentralized germline genetic registry.

Journal article Contemp Clin Trials Commun · October 2026 PURPOSE: The PROMISE Registry is a U.S. decentralized, 20-year prospective prostate cancer germline genetic registry. Here, we examine the effectiveness of different recruitment strategies, including institutional partnerships, direct-to-patient marketing ... Full text Link to item Cite

External validation of the NADIR model for early prostate-specific antigen response prediction in enzalutamide-treated metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: An analysis of the ARCHES trial.

Journal article Cancer · October 1, 2026 BACKGROUND: Early favorable prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response to ≤0.2 ng/mL by 6 months is associated with superior overall survival (OS) in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). The nadir androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI)-d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between smoking, tumor genetics, and outcomes in men with metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 5, 2026 PURPOSE: Smoking has been associated with increased metastatic prostate cancer mortality, but the mechanisms behind this are largely unknown. We hypothesized that smoking increases the risk of genetic alterations associated with aggressive disease and/or t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Successful cabazitaxel desensitization after severe taxane hypersensitivity reactions: a brief report.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · August 21, 2026 BACKGROUND: Hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) are common complications of taxane chemotherapy and serve as a barrier to key therapies such as cabazitaxel for patients with metastatic androgen receptor modulation-resistant (mAPMR) prostate cancer. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of Olaparib Plus Abiraterone for Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer and Single Homologous Recombination Repair Gene Mutations in PROpel.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · August 13, 2026 PROpel (phase 3 randomized [1:1], double-blind trial: NCT03732820) met its primary endpoint, showing statistically significantly improved investigator-assessed radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) with olaparib plus abiraterone versus placebo plus ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical and genomic determinants of extraordinary response and resistance to androgen receptor pathway inhibitors in men with metastatic androgen pathway modulator sensitive (APMS) prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · August 5, 2026 BACKGROUND: Identifying clinical and genomic predictors of response to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPI) for metastatic androgen pathway modulator sensitive (APMS) prostate cancer is essential for improving ... Full text Link to item Cite

Matching-adjusted indirect comparison of enzalutamide versus apalutamide with androgen-deprivation therapy in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Journal article Future Oncol · August 2026 AIMS: To compare the efficacy of enzalutamide + androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) versus apalutamide + ADT in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) using a matching-adjusted indirect comparison (MAIC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Individual patie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical and genomic predictors of sipuleucel-T outcomes in men with metastatic androgen pathway modulator resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Res Sq · July 1, 2026 BACKGROUND: Survival outcomes following sipuleucel-T in men with metastatic androgen pathway modulator resistant prostate cancer (mAPMR) are variable. Genomic alterations influencing immune response and tumor proliferation may explain outcome heterogeneity ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evolution of AR and Non-AR Alterations in ctDNA of Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treated in the Phase III Alliance A031201 Trial.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · June 15, 2026 PURPOSE: Androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPI), such as enzalutamide and abiraterone, are standard treatments for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, a subset of patients display primary resistance and most eventually ac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrating systemic therapy and metastasis-directed therapy in oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2026 BACKGROUND: Oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (omHSPC) represents a favorable and potentially curable disease state in which metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) improves outcomes. The combination of MDT and systemic treatment is the next fron ... Full text Link to item Cite

Beyond PSMA: theranostic cell surface targets in metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2026 BACKGROUND: Despite advancements in treatment, metastatic prostate cancer remains a lethal disease. As prostate cancer becomes resistant to standard of care treatments like androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) and chemotherapy, cell surface tumor a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic ancestry-concordant ceramide metabolism and response to androgen receptor pathway inhibition in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer · June 1, 2026 BACKGROUND: The authors observed differences in response between Black and White patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who were treated prospectively with androgen receptor pathway inhibition (ARPI) in the Abi Race and PANTH ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enhancing the quality and trustworthiness of large language model-generated summaries of clinical oncology literature.

Journal article JAMIA Open · June 2026 OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the quality and trustworthiness of large language model (LLM)-generated scientific and plain language summaries (PLS) from clinical oncology literature, focusing on faithfulness (absence of hallucinations), relevance, and r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiographic Progression With and Without Prostate-Specific Antigen Rise in Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer Treated With Enzalutamide.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 10, 2026 PURPOSE: In patients who received enzalutamide, we characterized the development of radiographic progression (rPD) without prostate-specific antigen (PSA) rise or progression in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) and nonmetastatic castrat ... Full text Link to item Cite

ARCHES 5-year Survival with Enzalutamide Plus Androgen-deprivation Therapy in Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer Patients.

Journal article Eur Urol · May 2026 The ARCHES trial (NCT02677896) showed improved radiographic progression-free survival (primary analysis; 2018) and overall survival (prespecified analysis; 2021) with enzalutamide versus placebo, with concomitant androgen-deprivation therapy, in metastatic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trial Design and Objectives for Patients With Prostate Cancer: Recommendations From the Prostate Cancer Working Group 4.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 2026 PURPOSE: The continuous development of new imaging approaches, molecular phenotyping, genetic subtypes, prognosis assessments, and effective therapies across a range of disease states has created a need to redefine terminology and best practices for clinic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Detection of Homologous Recombination Repair Gene Mutations by Tumor Tissue and Circulating Tumor DNA Testing in Prostate Cancer in the Phase III PROpel Trial.

Journal article JCO Precis Oncol · May 2026 PURPOSE: In the PROpel study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03732820), olaparib plus abiraterone demonstrated statistically significant radiographic progression-free survival benefit versus placebo plus abiraterone in a first-line metastatic castration ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cytoplasmic versus nuclear localization of androgen receptor splice variant 7 as a predictor of benefit from androgen receptor pathway inhibitors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (PROPHECY trial).

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · April 2, 2026 BACKGROUND: Androgen receptor splice variant-7 (AR-V7), a constitutively active truncated protein, is linked to hormone therapy resistance. Nuclear AR-V7 in CTCs correlates with poor response and shorter progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patient-reported Outcomes in KEYNOTE-921: Pembrolizumab with Docetaxel and Prednisone for Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · April 2026 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: In the phase 3 KEYNOTE-921 study, the combination of pembrolizumab with docetaxel did not improve efficacy outcomes significantly in patients with chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) after ne ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pathogenic Genomic Alterations in Circulating Tumor DNA Predict Overall Survival in Men with Metastatic Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol · April 2026 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although validated prognostic models exist for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), current tools do not incorporate genomic biomarkers such as circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) aneuploidy or pathogenic ge ... Full text Link to item Cite

Saruparib in combination with androgen receptor pathway inhibitors in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: EvoPAR-Prostate01.

Journal article Future Oncol · April 2026 Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor plus androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) is approved for selected patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Saruparib (AZD5305) is a new-generation PARP inhibitor that selectively inh ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes for Patients With SPOP Mutated Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Treated With an Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitor (ARPI).

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · March 2026 INTRODUCTION: Inactivating missense mutations in the SPOP gene increase the transcriptional activity of the androgen receptor and sensitivity to hormonal therapies in patients with hormone sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC). However, the relationship of SPOP ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide treatment of patients with advanced prostate cancer across the disease spectrum: plain language review.

Journal article Future Oncol · February 2026 GOAL: To present data from published clinical trials of treatment of patients with prostate cancer with enzalutamide described in plain language and in a dashboard format available at: https://clinical-trials.dimensions.ai/enzalutamide-clinical-review/. RA ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patient-reported Outcomes for Men with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Who Received Olaparib plus Abiraterone Versus Placebo plus Abiraterone in the Phase 3 PROpel Study.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · February 2026 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The phase 3 PROpel study showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) with olaparib + abiraterone versus placebo + abiraterone in the first-line setting ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparative Survival in Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer by Volume of Disease and Timing of Metastasis: A Living Network Meta-analysis.

Journal article Eur Urol · January 2026 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the comparative effectiveness of contemporary systemic treatment options across patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) across clinically relevant prognostic subgroups (synchronous hig ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of Prior Local Therapy by Radical Prostatectomy or Radiotherapy on the Efficacy and Quality of Life of Patients Treated With Darolutamide in ARAMIS.

Journal article Cancer Med · January 2026 BACKGROUND: Darolutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) improved metastasis-free survival (MFS) by 2 years and reduced the risk of death by 31% in nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) in ARAMIS. Prior local therapy may influ ... Full text Link to item Cite

LRP1b Loss Predicts Sensitivity to Immunotherapy in Patients with NSCLC: An Analysis of the Phase III CheckMate-026 Randomized Trial.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · December 15, 2025 PURPOSE: Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1b (LRP1b) is a cell surface receptor, commonly altered in many cancers and associated with improved responses, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival with immune checkpoint inhibitio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of SPOP Mutations on Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

Journal article JCO Precis Oncol · December 2025 PURPOSE: Previous studies suggest that SPOP mutations result in increased sensitivity to androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) but are limited by lack of granular data. We hypothesize that SPOP mutations are associated with improved outcomes across ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genomic alterations and associated outcomes in patients with PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with 177Lu-PSMA-617.

Journal article Oncologist · November 11, 2025 BACKGROUND: 177Lu-PSMA-617 is approved for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Although treatment is associated with improved outcomes, not all patients benefit and response is heterogeneous. We aim to characterize genomi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and Validation of an Artificial Intelligence Digital Pathology Biomarker to Predict Benefit of Long-Term Hormonal Therapy and Radiotherapy in Men With High-Risk Prostate Cancer Across Multiple Phase III Trials.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · November 10, 2025 PURPOSE: Long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) improves survival in men with high-risk localized prostate cancer (PCa) receiving radiotherapy (RT). Predictive biomarkers are needed to guide ADT duration. METHODS: A multimodal artificial intelligence ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate-specific Antigen and Objective Response Analyses in PROpel: Olaparib Plus Abiraterone Versus Placebo Plus Abiraterone as First-line Therapy for Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · November 4, 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: PROpel (NCT03732820) demonstrated a statistically significant radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) benefit with olaparib plus abiraterone (Ola + Abi) versus placebo plus abiraterone (P + Abi) in first-line metastatic cast ... Full text Link to item Cite

A memory-driven reinforcement learning model of phenotypic adaptation for anticipating therapeutic resistance in prostate cancer.

Journal article bioRxiv · November 4, 2025 While contemporary cancer treatment strategies have significantly prolonged the lives of patients, therapeutic resistance remains a predominant cause of disease progression and cancer-related deaths. Cancer therapy often induces gene regulatory responses t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Age and Treatment Intensification in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.

Journal article NEJM Evid · November 2025 BACKGROUND: Older men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) are more likely to have comorbid medical conditions and die from causes other than prostate cancer. We aimed to determine if age impacts the overall survival (OS) benefit from ... Full text Link to item Cite

Analysis of cfDNA fragmentomics metrics and commercial targeted sequencing panels.

Journal article Nat Commun · October 14, 2025 Fragmentomics based analysis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has recently emerged as a method to infer epigenetic and transcriptional data. Many of these reports analyze whole genome sequencing (WGS) which is not readily available clinically. Targeted exon panels ... Full text Link to item Cite

Germline and somatic testing for homologous repair deficiency in patients with prostate cancer (part 1 of 2).

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2025 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Unfortunately, not all metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients receive available life-prolonging systemic therapies, emphasizing the need to optimize mCRPC treatment selections. Better guidelines are necessar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Therapeutic implications of homologous repair deficiency testing in patients with prostate cancer (Part 2 of 2).

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2025 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Unfortunately, not all metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients receive available life-prolonging systemic therapies, emphasizing the need to optimize mCRPC treatment selections. Better guidelines are necessar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Navigating therapeutic sequencing in the metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patient journey.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2025 BACKGROUND: Novel therapies for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have improved patient outcomes. However, there is uncertainty on the optimal selection of therapeutic agents for subsequent lines of therapy. METHODS: We conducted a co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of Anti-PD-(L)1 Immunotherapy in Patients with DNA Mismatch Repair-deficient Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · August 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Up to 5% of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) harbour loss-of-function alterations in mismatch repair genes (dMMR) resulting in microsatellite instability (MSI-H). Data on the efficacy of immune ... Full text Link to item Cite

Matching-adjusted indirect comparison of enzalutamide versus darolutamide doublet in mHSPC.

Journal article Future Oncol · August 2025 AIMS: To compare the efficacy of enzalutamide + androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) versus darolutamide + ADT for treatment of patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) using a matching-adjusted indirect comparison (MAIC). PATIENTS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improvement of bullous pemphigoid following salvage radiation in PSA-recurrent prostate cancer: a potential paraneoplastic association.

Journal article BMJ Case Rep · July 10, 2025 This case describes a man in his 70s with a 12-year history of bullous pemphigoid (BP) and recurrent prostate cancer, both diagnosed in the same year. Initially managed with active surveillance, his prostate cancer progressed, requiring hormonal therapy, s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prognostic and predictive analyses of circulating plasma biomarkers in men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer treated with docetaxel/prednisone with or without bevacizumab.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2025 BACKGROUND: CALGB 90401 (Alliance) was a phase III trial of 1050 patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) comparing docetaxel, prednisone, bevacizumab (DP+B) versus DP alone. While this trial did not show an improvement in over ... Full text Link to item Cite

Updated 5-year results for short course abiraterone acetate and LHRH agonist for unfavorable intermediate and favorable high-risk prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2025 Combined androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and radiotherapy (RT) improves outcomes for intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer. Treatment intensification with abiraterone acetate/prednisone (AAP) provides additional benefit for high-risk disease. We pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical implications of AR alterations in advanced prostate cancer: a multi-institutional collaboration.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2025 BACKGROUND: AR gene alterations can develop in response to pressure of testosterone suppression and androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). Despite this, the relevance of these gene alterations in the context of ARTA treatment and clinical outcomes rema ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical implications of Wnt pathway genetic alterations in men with advanced prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2025 BACKGROUND: Aberrant Wnt signaling has been implicated in prostate cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis in preclinical models but the impact of genetic alterations in Wnt signaling genes in men with advanced prostate cancer is unknown. METHODS: We utilized ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation of Universal Germline Genetic Testing Into Standard of Care for Patients With Prostate Cancer: The Time Is Now.

Journal article JCO Oncol Pract · June 2025 Indications for and implications of germline genetic testing (GGT) in patients with prostate cancer have expanded over the past decade, particularly related to precision therapies and management. GGT has become the standard of care for many cancers such as ... Full text Link to item Cite

SCORT-Cas13d Nanotherapy Precisely Targets the 'Undruggable' Transcription Factor HoxB13 in Metastatic Prostate Cancer In Vivo.

Journal article Adv Sci (Weinh) · June 2025 Metastatic cancer, the primary cause of cancer mortality, frequently exhibits heightened dependence on certain transcription factors (TFs), which serve as master regulators of oncogenic signaling yet are often untargetable by small molecules. Selective Cel ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pembrolizumab Plus Docetaxel Versus Docetaxel for Previously Treated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III KEYNOTE-921 Trial.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 10, 2025 PURPOSE: The standard of care for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) after second-generation androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) therapy is still docetaxel. The randomized, double-blind, phase III KEYNOTE-921 trial (Clinicaltria ... Full text Link to item Cite

High-purity CTC RNA sequencing identifies prostate cancer lineage phenotypes prognostic for clinical outcomes.

Journal article Cancer Discov · May 2, 2025 The development of treatment resistance remains universal for patients with metastatic prostate cancer, driven by AR alterations and lineage state transitions. Identifying the evolution of lineage transitions in treatment resistance has been limited by the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementing and Optimizing Universal Germline Genetic Testing for Patients With Prostate Cancer in Clinical Practice.

Journal article Urology · May 2025 OBJECTIVE: To advocate for universal germline genetic testing (UGGT) in prostate cancer and provide practical recommendations for its implementation. METHODS: Although guidelines for germline genetic testing in prostate cancer have progressed, usage remain ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide and Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the ARCHES Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal article JAMA Netw Open · May 1, 2025 IMPORTANCE: In men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decline after treatment has been associated with improved survival. However, the data on PSA decline are limited in men with mHSPC after treatment ... Full text Link to item Cite

Olaparib Monotherapy or in Combination with Abiraterone for the Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) and a BRCA Mutation.

Journal article Target Oncol · May 2025 Treatment strategies to improve outcomes in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) are evolving. Of particular interest are therapies that target DNA damage responses in tumor cells by inhibiting poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase ( ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intensifying Salvage Therapy in Prostate-specific Antigen Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy with Apalutamide, Salvage Radiation, and Docetaxel: The Phase 2 STARTAR Trial.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · April 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with salvage radiation therapy (RT) improves survival for patients with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (PC), but many patients suf ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy and Safety of Olaparib Plus Abiraterone Versus Placebo Plus Abiraterone in the First-line Treatment of Patients with Asymptomatic/Mildly Symptomatic and Symptomatic Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer: Analyses from the Phase 3 PROpel Trial.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · April 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: In PROpel (NCT03732820), olaparib + abiraterone resulted in a statistically significant radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) benefit and numerically prolonged overall survival (OS) versus placebo + abiraterone in first-li ... Full text Link to item Cite

High-Purity CTC RNA Sequencing Identifies Prostate Cancer Lineage Phenotypes Prognostic for Clinical Outcomes.

Journal article Cancer Discov · April 1, 2025 Treatment resistance remains a universal driver of lethal metastatic prostate cancer, associated with acquired genomic alterations and lineage transitions. Using a novel high-purity CTC isolation approach for CTC transcriptional profiling, we identified fo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of ChatGPT as a Reliable Source of Medical Information on Prostate Cancer for Patients: Global Comparative Survey of Medical Oncologists and Urologists.

Journal article Urol Pract · March 2025 INTRODUCTION: No consensus exists on performance standards for evaluation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to generate medical responses. The purpose of this study was the assessment of Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) to address ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer. Report from the 2024 Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC).

Journal article Eur Urol · February 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Innovations have improved outcomes in advanced prostate cancer (PC). Nonetheless, we continue to lack high-level evidence on a variety of topics that greatly impact daily practice. The 2024 Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Confe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic ancestry concordant RNA splicing in prostate cancer involves oncogenic genes and associates with recurrence.

Journal article NPJ Precis Oncol · January 29, 2025 Black men suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer (PCa) compared to men of other races and ethnicities. Comparing the molecular landscape of PCa among Black and White patients has the potential to identify targets for development of new precision me ... Full text Link to item Cite

Circulating immune biomarkers correlating with response in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma on immunotherapy.

Journal article JCI Insight · January 7, 2025 Since multiple front-line immune checkpoint inhibitor-based (ICI-based) combinations are approved for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, biomarkers predicting for ICI responses are needed past clinical prognostication scores and transcriptome gene expression ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety and clinical activity of BMS-986365 (CC-94676), a dual androgen receptor ligand-directed degrader and antagonist, in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Ann Oncol · January 2025 BACKGROUND: Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) that progresses on androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) may continue to be driven by AR signaling. BMS-986365 is an orally administered ligand-directed degrader targeting the AR vi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: A plain language summary of the ARCHES and ENZAMET follow-up studies.

Journal article Future Oncol · January 2025 WHAT IS THIS SUMMARY ABOUT?: This summary includes information from the ARCHES and ENZAMET follow-up studies. Both studies looked at enzalutamide treatment for people with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (known as mHSPC). In ARCHES, researcher ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementing evidence-based strategies for men with biochemically recurrent and advanced prostate cancer: Consensus recommendations from the US Prostate Cancer Conference 2024.

Journal article Cancer · January 1, 2025 Current US clinical practice guidelines for advanced prostate cancer management contain recommendations based on high-level evidence from randomized controlled trials; however, these guidelines do not address the nuanced clinical questions that are unanswe ... Full text Link to item Cite

New cell surface targets in prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · 2025 Link to item Cite

AR alterations inform circulating tumor DNA detection in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer patients.

Journal article Nat Commun · December 11, 2024 Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in plasma cell free DNA (cfDNA) of cancer patients is associated with poor prognosis, but is challenging to detect from low plasma volumes. In metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), ctDNA assays are needed to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Blood-based tumor mutational burden impacts clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor treated breast and prostate cancers.

Journal article Commun Med (Lond) · December 2, 2024 BACKGROUND: Breast and prostate tumors are known to be less responsive to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Tissue-based tumor mutation burden (tTMB) has emerged as a predictive biomarker of response to ICIs, including in these "cold tumors". In clinica ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tolerability of Olaparib Combined with Abiraterone in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer: Further Results from the Phase 3 PROpel Trial.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · December 2024 BACKGROUND: The PROpel study (NCT03732820) demonstrated a statistically significant progression-free survival benefit with olaparib plus abiraterone versus placebo plus abiraterone in the first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multi-institutional Analysis of Metastasis-directed Therapy with or Without Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Oligometastatic Castration-sensitive Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · December 2024 BACKGROUND: Metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) is increasingly being used in oligometastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (omCSPC). However, it is currently unclear how to optimally integrate MDT with the standard of care of systemic hormonal therap ... Full text Link to item Cite

Artificial INtelligence to Support Informed DEcision-making (INSIDE) for Improved Literature Analysis in Oncology.

Journal article Eur Urol Focus · December 2024 BACKGROUND: Defining optimal therapeutic sequencing strategies in prostate cancer (PC) is challenging and may be assisted by artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools for an analysis of the medical literature. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate that INSIDE PC can he ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Declining Prostate-specific Antigen Levels with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 in the Phase 3 VISION Trial.

Journal article Eur Urol · December 2024 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The prognostic value of declining prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels is under investigation in patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) receiving ... Full text Link to item Cite

IMPA1-derived inositol maintains stemness in castration-resistant prostate cancer via IMPDH2 activation.

Journal article J Exp Med · November 4, 2024 Acquisition of prostate cancer stem cells (PCSCs) manifested during androgen ablation therapy (ABT) contributes to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). However, little is known about the specific metabolites critically orchestrating this process. H ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Clonal Hematopoiesis and Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients Given Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitors (Alliance A031201).

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · November 1, 2024 PURPOSE: Mutations in hematopoietic progenitor cells accumulate with age leading to clonal expansion, termed clonal hematopoiesis (CH). CH in the general population is associated with hematopoietic neoplasms and reduced overall survival (OS), predominantly ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Use of Lurbinectedin for the Treatment of Small Cell and Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Prostate.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · October 2024 INTRODUCTION: Lurbinectedin is FDA approved for treatment of metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) following progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Prostatic small cell or neuroendocrine carcinoma (SC/NEPC) behaves like SCLC; however, no s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Peripheral Blood IFN Responses to Toll-Like Receptor 1/2 Signaling Associate with Longer Survival in Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treated with Sipuleucel-T.

Journal article Cancer Res Commun · October 1, 2024 UNLABELLED: Mounting evidence links systemic innate immunity with cancer immune surveillance. In advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), Black patients have been found to have increased inflammatory markers and longer survival aft ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk Stratification of Patients with Recurrence After Primary Treatment for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Journal article Eur Urol · September 2024 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Biochemical recurrence (BCR) after primary definitive treatment for prostate cancer (PCa) is a heterogeneous disease state. While BCR is associated with worse oncologic outcomes, risk factors that impact outcomes can vary signific ... Full text Link to item Cite

HSD3B1 genotype and outcomes in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy and enzalutamide: ARCHES.

Journal article Cell Rep Med · August 20, 2024 HSD3B1 encodes 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-1, which converts adrenal dehydroepiandrosterone to 5α-dihydrotestosterone and is inherited in adrenal-permissive (AP) or adrenal-restrictive forms. The AP allele is linked to castration resistance, mainly in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical Outcomes of Enzalutamide in Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer in Patients Aged <75 and ≥75 Years: ARCHES Post Hoc Analysis.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · August 2024 BACKGROUND: In ARCHES, treatment intensification of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with enzalutamide versus placebo improved clinical outcomes in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). Understanding the benefits and tolerability of enzal ... Full text Link to item Cite

DNA-Damaging Therapies in Patients With Prostate Cancer and Pathogenic Alterations in Homologous Recombination Repair Genes.

Journal article JCO Precis Oncol · August 2024 PURPOSE: Outcomes data for DNA-damaging therapeutics for men with prostate cancer (PC) and non-BRCA1/2 homologous recombination repair (HRR) mutations are limited. We evaluated outcomes by HRR alteration in men with PC treated with poly(ADP-ribose)polymera ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quantitative 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET and Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Following 177Lu-PSMA-617 (VISION Trial).

Journal article Radiology · August 2024 Background Lutetium 177 [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 (177Lu-PSMA-617) is a prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radioligand therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Quantitative PSMA PET/CT analysis could provide information ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Known and Unknown: Investigating the Carcinogenic Potential of Plastic Additives.

Journal article Environ Sci Technol · June 18, 2024 Microplastics are routinely ingested and inhaled by humans and other organisms. Despite the frequency of plastic exposure, little is known about its health consequences. Of particular concern are plastic additives─chemical compounds that are intentionally ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety Analyses of the Phase 3 VISION Trial of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol · April 2024 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 (177Lu-PSMA-617) plus the standard of care (SoC) significantly improved overall survival and radiographic progression-free survival versus SoC alone in patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-pos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Repeat Next-Generation Sequencing Testing on Progression in Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Can Identify New Actionable Alterations.

Journal article JCO Precis Oncol · April 2024 PURPOSE: There are limited data available on the real-world patterns of molecular testing in men with advanced prostate cancer. We thus sought to evaluate next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing in the United States, focused on single versus serial NGS te ... Full text Link to item Cite

Expert Perspectives on Controversies in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Management: Narrative Review and Report of the First US Prostate Cancer Conference Part 2.

Journal article JU Open Plus · April 2024 BACKGROUND: Management strategies for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have rapidly shifted in recent years. As novel imaging and therapeutic approaches have made their way to the clinic, providers are encountering increasingly chall ... Full text Link to item Cite

Expert Perspectives on Controversies in Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer Management: Narrative Review and Report of the First US Prostate Cancer Conference Part 1.

Journal article JU Open Plus · April 2024 PURPOSE: Castration-sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC) is a complex and heterogeneous condition encompassing a range of clinical presentations. As new approaches have expanded management options, clinicians are left with myriad questions and controversies re ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Impact of Circulating Tumor Cell HOXB13 RNA Detection in Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Treated with Abiraterone or Enzalutamide.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · March 15, 2024 PURPOSE: HOXB13 is an androgen receptor (AR) coregulator specifically expressed in cells of prostatic lineage. We sought to associate circulating tumor cell (CTC) HOXB13 expression with outcomes in men with mCRPC treated with abiraterone or enzalutamide. E ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diffuse Pneumonitis after Lutetium-177-PSMA-617 Treatment in a Patient with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article BMJ Case Rep · February 23, 2024 We present the case of a patient with heavily pretreated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who received lutetium Lu-177 vipivotide tetraxetan (also known as 177Lu-PSMA-617) due to progressive disease despite chemotherapy, hormonal the ... Full text Link to item Cite

PROMISE Registry: A prostate cancer registry of outcomes and germline mutations for improved survival and treatment effectiveness.

Journal article Prostate · February 2024 BACKGROUND: Recently approved treatments and updates to genetic testing recommendations for prostate cancer have created a need for correlated analyses of patient outcomes data via germline genetic mutation status. Genetic registries address these gaps by ... Full text Link to item Cite

CXCR2 antagonist navarixin in combination with pembrolizumab in select advanced solid tumors: a phase 2 randomized trial.

Journal article Invest New Drugs · February 2024 C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) has a role in tumor progression, lineage plasticity, and reduction of immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy. Preclinical evidence suggests potential benefit of CXCR2 inhibition in multiple solid tumors. In this phase ... Full text Link to item Cite

Xaluritamig, a STEAP1 × CD3 XmAb 2+1 Immune Therapy for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Results from Dose Exploration in a First-in-Human Study.

Journal article Cancer Discov · January 12, 2024 UNLABELLED: Xaluritamig (AMG 509) is a six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 1 (STEAP1)-targeted T-cell engager designed to facilitate lysis of STEAP1-expressing cancer cells, such as those in advanced prostate cancer. This first-in-human st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Overall survival from PANTHER: A multicenter trial of apalutamide, abiraterone acetate plus prednisone in Black and White patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Journal article Journal of Clinical Oncology · January 1, 2024 Background: ACIS was an international phase III trial comparing apalutamide (A) plus abiraterone acetate and prednisone (AAP) to AAP in patients (pts) with mCRPC. Recognizing that lack of diversity in clinical trials is a major challenge to real-world tran ... Full text Cite

Relationship Between Pretreatment Body Composition and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Receiving First-Line Ipilimumab Plus Nivolumab.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · December 2023 INTRODUCTION: Biomarkers are needed to identify patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) most likely to benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors. We examined associations between radiographically assessed body composition (BC) variables and bo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Olaparib plus abiraterone versus placebo plus abiraterone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (PROpel): final prespecified overall survival results of a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial.

Journal article Lancet Oncol · October 2023 BACKGROUND: PROpel met its primary endpoint showing statistically significant improvement in radiographic progression-free survival with olaparib plus abiraterone versus placebo plus abiraterone in patients with first-line metastatic castration-resistant p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biomarker-Directed Therapy in Black and White Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article JAMA Netw Open · September 5, 2023 IMPORTANCE: Black men have higher incidence and mortality from prostate cancer. Whether precision oncology disparities affect Black men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare precision medicine data a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fragmentomic analysis of circulating tumor DNA-targeted cancer panels.

Journal article Ann Oncol · September 2023 BACKGROUND: The isolation of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from the bloodstream can be used to detect and analyze somatic alterations in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), and multiple cfDNA-targeted sequencing panels are now commercially available for Food and Drug A ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical implications of AR alterations in advanced prostate cancer: A multi-institutional collaboration.

Journal article Res Sq · August 10, 2023 BACKGROUND: AR gene alterations can develop in response to pressure of testosterone suppression and androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). Despite this, the relevance of these gene alterations in the context of ARTA treatment and clinical outcomes rema ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Efficacy of Enzalutamide plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Oligometastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer: A Post Hoc Analysis of ARCHES.

Journal article Eur Urol · August 2023 BACKGROUND: Few phase 3 studies have evaluated optimal systemic treatment strategies for patients with oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC), who may be at risk of undertreatment. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate outcomes for patients with oligome ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to E. Hindié.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · August 1, 2023 Full text Link to item Cite

Transcriptomic Signatures Associated With Outcomes in Recurrent Prostate Cancer Treated With Salvage Radiation, Androgen-Deprivation Therapy, and Enzalutamide: Correlative Analysis of the STREAM Trial.

Journal article JCO Precis Oncol · August 2023 PURPOSE: Men with rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) after radical prostatectomy (RP) may progress despite radiation and androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). Tissue-based transcriptomic signatures can identify who may benefit from a more aggressive syst ... Full text Link to item Cite

Artificial Intelligence Predictive Model for Hormone Therapy Use in Prostate Cancer.

Journal article NEJM Evid · August 2023 BACKGROUND: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with radiotherapy can benefit patients with localized prostate cancer. However, ADT can negatively impact quality of life, and there remain no validated predictive models to guide its use. METHODS: We used dig ... Full text Link to item Cite

Initial Longitudinal Outcomes of Risk-Stratified Men in Their Forties Screened for Prostate Cancer Following Implementation of a Baseline Prostate-Specific Antigen.

Journal article World J Mens Health · July 2023 PURPOSE: Prostate cancer (PCa) screening can lead to potential over-diagnosis/over-treatment of indolent cancers. There is a need to optimize practices to better risk-stratify patients. We examined initial longitudinal outcomes of mid-life men with an elev ... Full text Link to item Cite

Randomized Phase III Study of Enzalutamide Compared With Enzalutamide Plus Abiraterone for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (Alliance A031201 Trial).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · June 20, 2023 PURPOSE: Enzalutamide and abiraterone both target androgen receptor signaling but via different mechanisms. The mechanism of action of one drug may counteract the resistance pathways of the other. We sought to determine whether the addition of abiraterone ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictive biomarkers in advanced prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · June 2023 Link to item Cite

External Validation of a Prognostic Model of Overall Survival in Men With Chemotherapy-Naïve Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2023 PURPOSE: We have previously developed and externally validated a prognostic model of overall survival (OS) in men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with docetaxel. We sought to externally validate this model in a broader ... Full text Link to item Cite

PSMA-positive Circulating Tumor Cell Detection and Outcomes with Abiraterone or Enzalutamide Treatment in Men with Metastatic Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · May 15, 2023 PURPOSE: In men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radioligand therapy has drastically improved clinical outcomes. A liquid biopsy characterizing PSMA expression could be useful ... Full text Link to item Cite

RB1-deficient prostate tumor growth and metastasis are vulnerable to ferroptosis induction via the E2F/ACSL4 axis.

Journal article J Clin Invest · May 15, 2023 Inactivation of the RB1 tumor suppressor gene is common in several types of therapy-resistant cancers, including metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and predicts poor clinical outcomes. Effective therapeutic strategies against RB1-deficient ca ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Oncofetal protein glypican-3 is a biomarker and critical regulator of function for neuroendocrine cells in prostate cancer.

Journal article J Pathol · May 2023 Neuroendocrine (NE) cells comprise ~1% of epithelial cells in benign prostate and prostatic adenocarcinoma (PCa). However, they become enriched in hormonally treated and castration-resistant PCa (CRPC). In addition, close to 20% of hormonally treated tumor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of patients with advanced prostate cancer-metastatic and/or castration-resistant prostate cancer: Report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) 2022.

Journal article Eur J Cancer · May 2023 BACKGROUND: Innovations in imaging and molecular characterisation together with novel treatment options have improved outcomes in advanced prostate cancer. However, we still lack high-level evidence in many areas relevant to making management decisions in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Artificial Intelligence Predictive Model for Hormone Therapy Use in Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Res Sq · April 21, 2023 BACKGROUND: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with radiotherapy can benefit patients with localized prostate cancer. However, ADT can negatively impact quality of life and there remain no validated predictive models to guide its use. METHODS: Digital path ... Full text Link to item Cite

Second generation anti-androgens and androgen deprivation therapy with radiation therapy in the definitive management of high-risk prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · March 2023 BACKGROUND: Evolving data suggest that men with high-risk localized prostate cancer may benefit from more potent androgen receptor inhibition in the context of curative intent radiotherapy. Recently updated American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) evi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer. Part I: Intermediate-/High-risk and Locally Advanced Disease, Biochemical Relapse, and Side Effects of Hormonal Treatment: Report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2022.

Journal article Eur Urol · March 2023 BACKGROUND: Innovations in imaging and molecular characterisation and the evolution of new therapies have improved outcomes in advanced prostate cancer. Nonetheless, we continue to lack high-level evidence on a variety of clinical topics that greatly impac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rewiring of the N-Glycome with prostate cancer progression and therapy resistance.

Journal article NPJ Precis Oncol · February 24, 2023 An understanding of the molecular features associated with prostate cancer progression (PCa) and resistance to hormonal therapy is crucial for the identification of new targets that can be utilized to treat advanced disease and prolong patient survival. Th ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Value of Phenotypic Precision Medicine in Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Oncologist · February 8, 2023 Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men and the second leading cause of cancer-related death. For patients who develop metastatic disease, tissue-based and circulating-tumor-based molecular and genomic biomarkers have emerged as a means of impr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Urological Oncology: Prostate Cancer.

Journal article J Urol · February 2023 Full text Link to item Cite

Foreign accent syndrome as a heralding manifestation of transformation to small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer.

Journal article BMJ Case Rep · January 30, 2023 A man in his 50s with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, receiving androgen deprivation therapy and abiraterone acetate/prednisone, presented with an uncontrollable 'Irish brogue' accent despite no Irish background, consistent with foreign accen ... Full text Link to item Cite

KEYNOTE-991: pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide and androgen deprivation for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Journal article Future Oncol · January 27, 2023 Current treatment for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) delays disease progression and improves survival, but resistance is inevitable. Additional therapies that prolong survival are needed. Androgen deprivation therapy (AD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Concordance Between Genomic Alterations Detected by Tumor and Germline Sequencing: Results from a Tertiary Care Academic Center Molecular Tumor Board.

Journal article Oncologist · January 18, 2023 OBJECTIVE: The majority of tumor sequencing currently performed on cancer patients does not include a matched normal control, and in cases where germline testing is performed, it is usually run independently of tumor testing. The rates of concordance betwe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Response to bipolar androgen therapy and PD-1 inhibition in a patient with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and a germline CHEK2 mutation.

Journal article BMJ Case Rep · January 18, 2023 We present the case of a patient with germline CHEK2-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who responded to bipolar androgen therapy (BAT) combined with pembrolizumab after progressing through multiple lines of therapy. The patien ... Full text Link to item Cite

Emergent dynamics of underlying regulatory network links EMT and androgen receptor-dependent resistance in prostate cancer.

Journal article Comput Struct Biotechnol J · 2023 Advanced prostate cancer patients initially respond to hormone therapy, be it in the form of androgen deprivation therapy or second-generation hormone therapies, such as abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide. However, most men with prostate cancer eventually ... Full text Link to item Cite

A synthetic lethal screen for Snail-induced enzalutamide resistance identifies JAK/STAT signaling as a therapeutic vulnerability in prostate cancer.

Journal article Front Mol Biosci · 2023 Despite substantial improvements in the treatment landscape of prostate cancer, the evolution of hormone therapy-resistant and metastatic prostate cancer remains a major cause of cancer-related death globally. The mainstay of treatment for advanced prostat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to R. Sun et al.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · December 20, 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

Molecular Mechanisms of Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Urol Clin North Am · November 2022 Despite newer therapies for castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), many patients do not experience a treatment response, and most eventually experience secondary resistance. Various androgen-receptor-related and alternative mechanisms of resistance in ... Full text Link to item Cite

A clinical-grade liquid biomarker detects neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer.

Journal article J Clin Invest · November 1, 2022 BackgroundNeuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an aggressive subtype, the presence of which changes the prognosis and management of metastatic prostate cancer.MethodsWe performed analytical validation of a Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) multiplex RNA qPC ... Full text Link to item Cite

Remission of progressive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer during abiraterone therapy following unilateral adrenalectomy for a functioning adrenal adenoma.

Journal article BMJ Case Rep · October 5, 2022 Despite advances and introduction of new therapies in the last decade, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) has a poor prognosis. The development of androgen axis-targeted therapies such as abiraterone acetate, enzalutamide and darolutam ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bimodal liquid biopsy for cancer immunotherapy based on peptide engineering and nanoscale analysis.

Journal article Biosens Bioelectron · October 1, 2022 Despite its high potential, PD-L1 expressed by tumors has not been successfully utilized as a biomarker for estimating treatment responses to immunotherapy. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and tumor-derived exosomes that express PD-L1 can potentially be use ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase Ib Study of the BET Inhibitor GS-5829 as Monotherapy and Combined with Enzalutamide in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · September 15, 2022 PURPOSE: A phase Ib study (1604) was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GS-5829, an oral bromodomain and extraterminal inhibitor, alone and in combination with enzalutamide in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). A phase I ... Full text Link to item Cite

PROMISE: a real-world clinical-genomic database to address knowledge gaps in prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2022 PURPOSE: Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease with variable clinical outcomes. Despite numerous recent approvals of novel therapies, castration-resistant prostate cancer remains lethal. A "real-world" clinical-genomic database is urgently needed to e ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of enzalutamide on quality of life in men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer based on prior therapy, risk, and symptom subgroups.

Journal article Prostate · September 2022 BACKGROUND: Enzalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) improved radiographic progression-free survival versus ADT alone in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) in ARCHES (NCT02677896). While health-related quality of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abiraterone and Olaparib for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article NEJM Evid · September 2022 BACKGROUND: Preclinical studies and results of a phase 2 trial of abiraterone and olaparib suggest a combined antitumor effect when the poly(adenosine diphosphate[ADP]-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib is combined with next-generation hormonal agent ab ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Association between a Decrease in On-Treatment Neutrophil-to-Eosinophil Ratio (NER) at Week 6 after Ipilimumab Plus Nivolumab Initiation and Improved Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Journal article Cancers (Basel) · August 7, 2022 A lower baseline neutrophil-to-eosinophil ratio (NER) has been associated with improved responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI)-treated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). This study investigated the decrease in NER at week 6 after ipilimumab/n ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab plus rucaparib for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: results from the phase 2 CheckMate 9KD trial.

Journal article J Immunother Cancer · August 2022 BACKGROUND: CheckMate 9KD (NCT03338790) is a non-randomized, multicohort, phase 2 trial of nivolumab plus other anticancer treatments for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). We report results from cohorts A1 and A2 of CheckMate 9KD, sp ... Full text Link to item Cite

What Experts Think About Prostate Cancer Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report from the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2021.

Journal article Eur Urol · July 2022 Patients with advanced prostate cancer (APC) may be at greater risk for severe illness, hospitalisation, or death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to male gender, older age, potential immunosuppressive treatments, or comorbidities. Thus, the op ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to L. Marandino et al.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · July 1, 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer: Report from the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2021.

Journal article Eur Urol · July 2022 BACKGROUND: Innovations in treatments, imaging, and molecular characterisation in advanced prostate cancer have improved outcomes, but various areas of management still lack high-level evidence to inform clinical practice. The 2021 Advanced Prostate Cancer ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of metformin and statins on outcomes in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer: Secondary analysis of COU-AA-301 and COU-AA-302.

Journal article Eur J Cancer · July 2022 BACKGROUND: The associations of metformin and statins with overall survival (OS) and prostate specific antigen response rate (PSA-RR) in trials in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether metformin or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Statin and metformin use and outcomes in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with enzalutamide: A meta-analysis of AFFIRM, PREVAIL and PROSPER.

Journal article Eur J Cancer · July 2022 BACKGROUND: Statins and metformin are commonly prescribed for patients, including those with prostate cancer. Preclinical and epidemiologic studies of each agent have suggested anti-cancer properties. METHODS: Patient data from three randomised, double-bli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Results of the phase IIa RADICAL trial of the FGFR inhibitor AZD4547 in endocrine resistant breast cancer.

Journal article Nat Commun · June 10, 2022 We conducted a phase IIa, multi-centre, open label, single arm study (RADICAL; NCT01791985) of AZD4547 (a potent and selective inhibitor of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR)-1, 2 and 3 receptor tyrosine kinases) administered with anastrozole or letr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improved Survival With Enzalutamide in Patients With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2022 Clinical trials frequently include multiple end points that mature at different times. The initial report, typically based on the primary end point, may be published when key planned co-primary or secondary analyses are not yet available. Clinical Trial Up ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prospective clinical trial of disulfiram plus copper in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate · May 2022 BACKGROUND: In preclinical models of prostate cancer (PC), disulfiram (DSF) reduced tumor growth only when co-administered with copper (Cu), and Cu uptake in tumors is partially regulated by androgen-receptor signaling. However, prior trials of DSF in PC u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Update on metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · May 2022 Link to item Cite

A phase 2 trial of avelumab in men with aggressive-variant or neuroendocrine prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · April 2022 BACKGROUND: Men with progressive neuroendocrine or aggressive-variant metastatic prostate cancer (NEPC/AVPC) have a poor prognosis and limited treatment options, and immunotherapy has not been tested in such patients. METHODS: We conducted an open label si ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted theranostics: past, present, and future approaches.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · April 2022 Although prostate cancer is the type of cancer most commonly survived by men in the United States, it remains the second most common cause of death from cancer, largely owing to metastatic disease. Patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate can ... Link to item Cite

The Effect of Corticosteroids on Prostate Cancer Outcome Following Treatment with Enzalutamide: A Multivariate Analysis of the Phase III AFFIRM Trial.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · March 1, 2022 PURPOSE: The clinical impact of concurrent corticosteroid use (CCU) on enzalutamide-treated patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is unknown. We investigated the association of CCU with overall survival (OS), radiographic pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

A randomized controlled trial comparing changes in fitness with or without supervised exercise in patients initiated on enzalutamide and androgen deprivation therapy for non-metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (EXTEND).

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · March 2022 BACKGROUND: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and androgen receptor signaling inhibitors (ARSI) are associated with deleterious physical effects, which exercise may mitigate; however, exercise has never been studied in patients initiating treatment with A ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to M. K. Bos et al.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 10, 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of enzalutamide in subgroups of men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer based on prior therapy, disease volume, and risk.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · February 2022 BACKGROUND: While enzalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly reduces the risk of radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) and improves overall survival in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), the efficacy in cl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of enzalutamide on patient-reported fatigue in patients with prostate cancer: data from the pivotal clinical trials.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · February 2022 BACKGROUND: Fatigue is a multifactorial symptom commonly reported by patients with prostate cancer as a result of disease and treatment. This study assesses the impact enzalutamide has on patient-reported fatigue ("fatigue") by using patient-reported outco ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide versus bicalutamide in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a prespecified subgroup analysis of the STRIVE trial.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · February 2022 BACKGROUND: In the phase 2, randomized, double-blind STRIVE trial, enzalutamide significantly reduced the risk of prostate cancer progression or death versus bicalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and nonmetas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab plus docetaxel in patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: results from the phase II CheckMate 9KD trial.

Journal article Eur J Cancer · January 2022 BACKGROUND: Docetaxel has immunostimulatory effects that may promote an immunoresponsive prostate tumour microenvironment, providing a rationale for combination with nivolumab (programmed death-1 inhibitor) for metastatic castration-resistant prostate canc ... Full text Link to item Cite

An autologous humanized patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model for evaluation of nivolumab immunotherapy in renal cell cancer: a case report.

Journal article Stem Cell Investig · 2022 BACKGROUND: There is an unmet need for developing faithful animal models for preclinical evaluation of immunotherapy. The current approach to generate preclinical models for immunotherapy evaluation has been to transplant CD34+ cells from umbilical cord bl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase II Trial of Enzalutamide and Androgen Deprivation Therapy with Salvage Radiation in Men with High-risk Prostate-specific Antigen Recurrent Prostate Cancer: The STREAM Trial.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · December 2021 BACKGROUND: Salvage external beam radiotherapy (RT) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) improves survival over RT in men with prostate cancer (PC) and rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after radical prostatectomy (RP). OBJECTIVE: To investi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Randomized Phase 2 Trial of Abiraterone Acetate Plus Prednisone, Degarelix, or the Combination in Men with Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy.

Journal article Eur Urol Open Sci · December 2021 BACKGROUND: Phase 2 trial endpoints that can be utilized in high-risk biochemical recurrence (BCR) after prostatectomy as a way of more rapidly identifying treatments for phase 3 trials are urgently needed. The efficacy of abiraterone acetate plus predniso ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Impact of Enzalutamide on the Prostate Cancer Patient Experience: A Summary Review of Health-Related Quality of Life across Pivotal Clinical Trials.

Journal article Cancers (Basel) · November 23, 2021 This review examines the impact of treatment with enzalutamide on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in prostate cancer patients across the disease continuum based on pivotal clinical trials. We assessed the effect of enzalutamide on pain, symptom burd ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of baseline neutrophil-to-eosinophil ratio with response to nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Journal article Biomark Res · November 3, 2021 BACKGROUND: The identification of biomarkers to select patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) most likely to respond to combination immunotherapy (IO) is needed. We sought to investigate an association of the baseline neutrophil-to-eosinophil ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association Between Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Mortality Among Patients With Prostate Cancer and COVID-19.

Journal article JAMA Netw Open · November 1, 2021 IMPORTANCE: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been theorized to decrease the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with prostate cancer owing to a potential decrease in the tissue-based expression of the SARS-CoV-2 coreceptor transmembrane prot ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of AR-V7 testing in the management of metastatic CRPC.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · November 2021 Link to item Cite

Tissue based biomarkers in non-clear cell RCC: Correlative analysis from the ASPEN clinical trial.

Journal article Kidney Cancer J · October 2021 Biomarkers are needed in patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinomas (NC-RCC), particularly papillary renal cell carcinoma, in order to inform on initial treatment selection and identify potentially novel targets for therapy. We enrolled 108 patient ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prospective Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes Using a Multiplex Liquid Biopsy Targeting Diverse Resistance Mechanisms in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · September 10, 2021 PURPOSE: Nearly all men with prostate cancer treated with androgen receptor (AR) signaling inhibitors (ARSIs) develop resistance via diverse mechanisms including constitutive activation of the AR pathway, driven by AR genomic structural alterations, expres ... Full text Link to item Cite

Molecular medicine tumor board: whole-genome sequencing to inform on personalized medicine for a man with advanced prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2021 PURPOSE: Molecular profiling of cancer is increasingly common as part of routine care in oncology, and germline and somatic profiling may provide insights and actionable targets for men with metastatic prostate cancer. However, all reported cases are of de ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase Ib Study of Atezolizumab with Radium-223 Dichloride in Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · September 1, 2021 PURPOSE: Men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have limited treatment options after progressing on hormonal therapy and chemotherapy. Here, we evaluate the safety and efficacy of atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1) + radium-223 dichloride ... Full text Link to item Cite

A prospective trial of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone in Black and White men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer · August 15, 2021 BACKGROUND: Retrospective analyses of randomized trials suggest that Black men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have longer survival than White men. The authors conducted a prospective study of abiraterone acetate plus prednison ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial of Androgen Deprivation Therapy with or Without Docetaxel in High-risk Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Surgery (TAX3503).

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · August 2021 BACKGROUND: No standard of care exists for patients with high-risk biochemical recurrence (BCR) after prostatectomy. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether addition of docetaxel to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) improved progression-free survival (PFS) in high ... Full text Link to item Cite

Circulating Tumor Cell Chromosomal Instability and Neuroendocrine Phenotype by Immunomorphology and Poor Outcomes in Men with mCRPC Treated with Abiraterone or Enzalutamide.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · July 15, 2021 PURPOSE: While the detection of AR-V7 in circulating tumor cells (CTC) is associated with resistance to abiraterone or enzalutamide in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), it only accounts for a minority of this resistance. Neu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide with androgen deprivation therapy in Japanese men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: A subgroup analysis of the phase III ARCHES study.

Journal article Int J Urol · July 2021 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of enzalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy in Japanese men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. METHODS: A post-hoc analysis of the Japanese subgroup in the phase III, randomized, multinat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Angiokines Associated with Targeted Therapy Outcomes in Patients with Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · June 15, 2021 PURPOSE: Biomarkers are needed in patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinomas (NC-RCC) to inform treatment selection but also to identify novel therapeutic targets. We thus sought to profile circulating angiokines in the context of a randomized trea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Liquid Biopsy: It's the Bloody Truth!

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · June 1, 2021 Liquid biopsy is a promising clinical tool that can provide critical information for prognostication and which may inform treatment decisions in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Here we discuss the Foundation Medicine plasma cell-f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and validation of circulating tumour cell enumeration (Epic Sciences) as a prognostic biomarker in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Eur J Cancer · June 2021 PURPOSE: To evaluate the prognostic significance of circulating tumour cell (CTC) number determined on the Epic Sciences platform in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with an androgen receptor signalling inhibitor (AR ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply by Authors.

Journal article J Urol · May 2021 Full text Link to item Cite

Combination of Radiation Therapy and Short-Term Androgen Blockade With Abiraterone Acetate Plus Prednisone for Men With High- and Intermediate-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · April 1, 2021 PURPOSE: Long-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is the standard of care in combination with radiation therapy (RT) in high-risk prostate cancer (PC), despite substantial toxicity from the resulting hypogonadism. We hypothesized that a combination of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combination antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibition and anti-PD1 immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: A retrospective analysis of safety, tolerance, and clinical outcomes.

Journal article Cancer Med · April 2021 INTRODUCTION: Two separate antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and immunotherapy (IO) combinations are FDA-approved as front-line treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Little is known about off-protocol and post-front-line expe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Randomized Phase II Trial of Sipuleucel-T with or without Radium-223 in Men with Bone-metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · March 15, 2021 PURPOSE: To investigate whether radium-223 increases peripheral immune responses to sipuleucel-T in men with bone-predominant, minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 32 patients were ... Full text Link to item Cite

LRP1B mutations are associated with favorable outcomes to immune checkpoint inhibitors across multiple cancer types.

Journal article J Immunother Cancer · March 2021 BACKGROUND: Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1b (encoded by LRP1B) is a putative tumor suppressor, and preliminary evidence suggests LRP1B-mutated cancers may have improved outcomes with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). METHODS: We condu ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Expression of immune checkpoints on circulating tumor cells in men with metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Biomark Res · February 18, 2021 BACKGROUND: A subset of men with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) responds to immune checkpoint inhibitors, and there is an unmet need to predict those most likely to benefit. We characterized circulating tumor cells (CTCs) for expression of immune checkpo ... Full text Link to item Cite

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2021.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · February 2, 2021 The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer address staging and risk assessment after a prostate cancer diagnosis and include management options for localized, regional, and metastatic disease. Recommendations for disease monitoring and treatment of recurrent ... Full text Link to item Cite

Analysis of immune subtypes across the epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity spectrum.

Journal article Comput Struct Biotechnol J · 2021 Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity plays a critical role in many solid tumor types as a mediator of metastatic dissemination and treatment resistance. In addition, there is also a growing appreciation that the epithelial/mesenchymal status of a tumor plays ... Full text Link to item Cite

PD-L1 Assay Concordance in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma and Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · December 2020 BACKGROUND: Immune checkpoint inhibitors are now standard of care for many patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Given real-world limitations in programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) testing, concordanc ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of radiation treatment in metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · November 2020 Link to item Cite

Novel therapies are changing treatment paradigms in metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article J Hematol Oncol · October 28, 2020 Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) remains a terminal diagnosis with an aggressive disease course despite currently approved therapeutics. The recent successful development of poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for patients w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of Enzalutamide plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer: An Analysis of the ARCHES Randomised, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Study.

Journal article Eur Urol · October 2020 BACKGROUND: In the ARCHES study in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), enzalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) improved radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) versus ADT alone. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate patient-reported o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Androgen receptor variant-driven prostate cancer II: advances in clinical investigation.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2020 BACKGROUND: Approximately 10-30% of men with mCRPC will test positive for AR-V7 using one of two analytically and clinically validated circulating tumor cell (CTC)-based assays. These men have poor outcomes with approved AR-targeting therapies but may reta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Androgen receptor variant-driven prostate cancer II: advances in laboratory investigations.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2020 BACKGROUND: The androgen receptor (AR) is a key prostate cancer drug target. Suppression of AR signaling mediated by the full-length AR (AR-FL) is the therapeutic goal of all existing AR-directed therapies. AR-targeting agents impart therapeutic benefit, b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Survival of African-American and Caucasian men after sipuleucel-T immunotherapy: outcomes from the PROCEED registry.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2020 PURPOSE: African Americans experience greater prostate cancer risk and mortality than do Caucasians. An analysis of pooled phase III data suggested differences in overall survival (OS) between African American and Caucasian men receiving sipuleucel-T. We e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Five-year Survival Prediction and Safety Outcomes with Enzalutamide in Men with Chemotherapy-naïve Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer from the PREVAIL Trial.

Journal article Eur Urol · September 2020 BACKGROUND: In the PREVAIL study, enzalutamide significantly improved clinical outcomes versus placebo in patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate long-term benefits and risks of enzal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surface engineering for efficient capture of circulating tumor cells in renal cell carcinoma: From nanoscale analysis to clinical application.

Journal article Biosens Bioelectron · August 15, 2020 Sensitive detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from patients' peripheral blood facilitates on-demand monitoring of tumor progression. However, clinically significant capture of renal cell carcinoma CTCs (RCC-CTCs) remains elusive due to their hetero ... Full text Link to item Cite

CLINICAL TRIALS IN PROGRESS

Journal article ONCOLOGY-NEW YORK · August 2020 Link to item Cite

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a 6-Month Low-Carbohydrate Intervention on Disease Progression in Men with Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Carbohydrate and Prostate Study 2 (CAPS2).

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · June 15, 2020 PURPOSE: Both weight loss and low-carbohydrate diets (LCD) without weight loss prolong survival in prostate cancer models. Few human trials have tested weight loss or LCD on prostate cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We conducted a multi-site randomized 6-month ... Full text Link to item Cite

Molecular Biomarkers in Localized Prostate Cancer: ASCO Guideline.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 1, 2020 PURPOSE: This guideline provides recommendations for available tissue-based prostate cancer biomarkers geared toward patient selection for active surveillance, identification of clinically significant disease, choice of postprostatectomy adjuvant versus sa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Discordant and heterogeneous clinically relevant genomic alterations in circulating tumor cells vs plasma DNA from men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Genes Chromosomes Cancer · April 2020 Circulating tumor cell (CTC) and cell-free (cf) DNA-based genomic alterations are increasingly being used for clinical decision-making in oncology. However, the concordance and discordance between paired CTC and cfDNA genomic profiles remain largely unknow ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase 2 clinical trial of TORC1 inhibition with everolimus in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Urol Oncol · March 2020 BACKGROUND: Activation of the PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling pathway is common in advanced castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), typically through PTEN loss. Preclinical studies suggest that Akt-driven CaP cells are genetically susceptible to mammalian tar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association Between New Unconfirmed Bone Lesions and Outcomes in Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Treated With Enzalutamide: Secondary Analysis of the PREVAIL and AFFIRM Randomized Clinical Trials.

Journal article JAMA Oncol · February 1, 2020 IMPORTANCE: For men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) whose condition is responding to enzalutamide, new unconfirmed bone lesions detected at posttreatment scinitigraphy may reflect an osteoblastic reaction that represents healin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Has Mismatch Repair-Deficient Cancer Met Its MATCH?

Journal article J Clin Oncol · January 20, 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Current Treatment Landscape.

Journal article Cancer J · 2020 PURPOSE: In recent years, the treatment options for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) have expanded significantly. In addition to androgen deprivation therapy, the systemic treatments now include docetaxel, abiraterone, enzalutamide, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prospective Multicenter Study of Circulating Tumor Cell AR-V7 and Taxane Versus Hormonal Treatment Outcomes in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article JCO Precis Oncol · 2020 PURPOSE: Androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7) detection in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is associated with a low probability of response and short progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Targeting cellular heterogeneity with CXCR2 blockade for the treatment of therapy-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Sci Transl Med · December 4, 2019 Hormonal therapy targeting androgen receptor (AR) is initially effective to treat prostate cancer (PCa), but it eventually fails. It has been hypothesized that cellular heterogeneity of PCa, consisting of AR+ luminal tumor cells and AR- neuroendocrine (NE) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prolonged PSA stabilization and overall survival following sipuleucel-T monotherapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · December 2019 BACKGROUND: Sipuleucel-T is an autologous cellular immunotherapy that is FDA approved for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The IMPACT registry trial demonstrated a 4.1 month survi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Measuring the unmeasurable: automated bone scan index as a quantitative endpoint in prostate cancer clinical trials.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · December 2019 BACKGROUND: Up to 90% of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) will have a distribution of disease that includes bone metastases demonstrated on a Technetium-99m (99mTc-MDP) bone scan. The Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 and 3 Co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Real-world outcomes of sipuleucel-T treatment in PROCEED, a prospective registry of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer · December 1, 2019 BACKGROUND: The large registry, PROVENGE Registry for the Observation, Collection, and Evaluation of Experience Data (PROCEED)(NCT01306890), evaluated sipuleucel-T immunotherapy for asymptomatic/minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostat ... Full text Link to item Cite

ARCHES: A Randomized, Phase III Study of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Enzalutamide or Placebo in Men With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · November 10, 2019 PURPOSE: Enzalutamide, a potent androgen-receptor inhibitor, has demonstrated significant benefits in metastatic and nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of enzalutamide in metastatic hormone-sensitive pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Molecular determinants for enzalutamide-induced transcription in prostate cancer.

Journal article Nucleic Acids Res · November 4, 2019 Enzalutamide, a second-generation androgen receptor (AR) antagonist, has demonstrated clinical benefit in men with prostate cancer. However, it only provides a temporary response and modest increase in survival, indicating a rapid evolution of resistance. ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Prognostic Association of Prostate-specific Antigen Decline with Clinical Outcomes in Men with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Treated with Enzalutamide in a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · November 2019 BACKGROUND: In the PREVAIL study, enzalutamide provided significant improvements versus placebo in clinical outcomes in chemotherapy-naïve men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The association of post-treatment prostate-specific ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical utility of FoundationOne tissue molecular profiling in men with metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Urol Oncol · November 2019 PURPOSE: Targeted inhibitors and immunotherapy have entered the treatment landscape of metastatic prostate cancer. Genomic testing may uncover which patients benefit most from these therapies. We report the clinical utility and benefits of FoundationOne te ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase 1b trial of docetaxel, prednisone, and pazopanib in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate · November 2019 BACKGROUND: Docetaxel prednisone is a standard of care for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels are a poor prognostic factor in this population; therefore, we evaluate ... Full text Link to item Cite

A lifestyle intervention of weight loss via a low-carbohydrate diet plus walking to reduce metabolic disturbances caused by androgen deprivation therapy among prostate cancer patients: carbohydrate and prostate study 1 (CAPS1) randomized controlled trial.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2019 PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to test a low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) plus walking to reduce androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)-induced metabolic disturbances. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This randomized multi-center trial of prostate cancer (PCa) pati ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Pembrolizumab in men with heavily treated metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer Med · August 2019 BACKGROUND: Pembrolizumab is approved for patients with metastatic, microsatellite instability (MSI)-high or mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) solid tumors. However, very few men with prostate cancer were included in these initial studies. METHODS: We perfo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of response and progression in bone and soft tissue during and after treatment with radium-223 for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate · July 2019 BACKGROUND: Radium-223 improves survival and time to first symptomatic skeletal event in symptomatic bone predominant metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The imaging response to radium-223 has not been well characterized. METHODS: To des ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immunotherapy Is Changing First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · June 2019 The incidence of renal-cell carcinoma has been increasing each year, with nearly one third of new cases diagnosed at advanced or metastatic stage. The advent of targeted therapies for metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (mRCC) has underscored the need to subty ... Full text Link to item Cite

E-Cadherin Represses Anchorage-Independent Growth in Sarcomas through Both Signaling and Mechanical Mechanisms.

Journal article Mol Cancer Res · June 2019 CDH1 (also known as E-cadherin), an epithelial-specific cell-cell adhesion molecule, plays multiple roles in maintaining adherens junctions, regulating migration and invasion, and mediating intracellular signaling. Downregulation of E-cadherin is a hallmar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Circulating tumor DNA alterations in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer · May 1, 2019 BACKGROUND: Because cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis facilitates the noninvasive genomic profiling of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), the authors evaluated the association between cfDNA alterations and outcomes and evolution with the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prospective Multicenter Validation of Androgen Receptor Splice Variant 7 and Hormone Therapy Resistance in High-Risk Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The PROPHECY Study.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 1, 2019 PURPOSE: Androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7) results in a truncated receptor, which leads to ligand-independent constitutive activation that is not inhibited by anti-androgen therapies, including abiraterone or enzalutamide. Given that previous repo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate Cancer, Version 2.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · May 1, 2019 The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer include recommendations regarding diagnosis, risk stratification and workup, treatment options for localized disease, and management of recurrent and advanced disease for clinicians who treat patients with prostate c ... Full text Link to item Cite

An Integrative Systems Biology and Experimental Approach Identifies Convergence of Epithelial Plasticity, Metabolism, and Autophagy to Promote Chemoresistance.

Journal article J Clin Med · February 7, 2019 The evolution of therapeutic resistance is a major cause of death for cancer patients. The development of therapy resistance is shaped by the ecological dynamics within the tumor microenvironment and the selective pressure of the host immune system. These ... Full text Link to item Cite

Precision Medicine Approaches When Prostate Cancer Akts Up.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · February 1, 2019 Ipatasertib combined with abiraterone in PTEN-null prostate cancer improved progression-free survival in a randomized phase II study of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), providing clinical evidence of reciprocal activat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes promote metastasis and therapy resistance across carcinomas.

Journal article Pharmacol Ther · February 2019 Cancer metastasis and therapy resistance are the major unsolved clinical challenges, and account for nearly all cancer-related deaths. Both metastasis and therapy resistance are fueled by epithelial plasticity, the reversible phenotypic transitions between ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase II Trial of the Aurora Kinase A Inhibitor Alisertib for Patients with Castration-resistant and Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer: Efficacy and Biomarkers.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · January 1, 2019 PURPOSE: Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an aggressive variant of prostate cancer that may develop de novo or as a mechanism of treatment resistance. N-myc is capable of driving NEPC progression. Alisertib inhibits the interaction between N-myc an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pharmacodynamic study of radium-223 in men with bone metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article PLoS One · 2019 BACKGROUND: Radium-223 is a targeted alpha-particle therapy that improves survival in men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), particularly in men with elevated serum levels of bone alkaline phosphatase (B-ALP). We hypothesized tha ... Full text Link to item Cite

The promise of immunotherapy in genitourinary malignancies.

Journal article Precis Clin Med · December 2018 A broad understanding of the tumor immune landscape has led to a revolution of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of multiple cancer types. In genitourinary malignancies, immune checkpoint inhibitors have improved outcomes for patients with meta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and validation of a prognostic model for overall survival in chemotherapy-naïve men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Ann Oncol · November 1, 2018 BACKGROUND: Prognostic models are needed that reflect contemporary practice for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). We sought to identify predictive and prognostic variables for overall survival (OS) in chemotherapy-naïve men ... Full text Link to item Cite

Updates in advanced prostate cancer 2018.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · November 2018 Full text Link to item Cite

The evolving landscape of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: a critical review of the evidence for adding docetaxel or abiraterone to androgen deprivation.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2018 BACKGROUND: Until 2015, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) alone was the standard-of-care for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). In 2015, the CHAARTED and STAMPEDE-Docetaxel studies demonstrated marked survival benefit with the addition ... Full text Link to item Cite

Can RECIST response predict success in phase 3 trials in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer?

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2018 BACKGROUND: Intermediate endpoints are needed in early phase studies of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) that can reliably predict success in phase 3 trials. Among men with measurable disease, objective response may provide ... Full text Link to item Cite

Circulating Tumor Cell Phenotyping via High-Throughput Acoustic Separation.

Journal article Small · August 2018 The study of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) offers pathways to develop new diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers that benefit cancer treatments. In order to fully exploit and interpret the information provided by CTCs, the development of a platform is repor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase 3 Assessment of the Automated Bone Scan Index as a Prognostic Imaging Biomarker of Overall Survival in Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal article JAMA Oncol · July 1, 2018 IMPORTANCE: Prostate cancer commonly metastasizes to bone, and bone metastases are associated with pathologic fractures, pain, and reduced survival. Bone disease is routinely visualized using the technetium Tc 99m (99mTc) bone scan; however, the standard i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is Ki67 prognostic for aggressive prostate cancer? A multicenter real-world study.

Journal article Biomark Med · July 2018 AIM: To test if Ki67 expression is prognostic for biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). METHODS: Ki67 immunohistochemistry was performed on tissue microarrays constructed from specimens obtained from 464 men undergoing RP at the Du ... Full text Link to item Cite

Consensus Statement on Circulating Biomarkers for Advanced Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol Oncol · June 2018 CONTEXT: In advanced prostate cancer (PC), there is increasing investigation of circulating biomarkers, including quantitation and characterization of circulating tumour cells and cell-free nucleic acids, for therapeutic monitoring and as prognostic and pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiographic Progression-Free Survival as a Clinically Meaningful End Point in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The PREVAIL Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal article JAMA Oncol · May 1, 2018 IMPORTANCE: Drug development for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer has been limited by a lack of clinically relevant trial end points short of overall survival (OS). Radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) as defined by the Prostate Can ... Full text Link to item Cite

Platinum sensitivity in metastatic prostate cancer: does histology matter?

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · April 2018 BACKGROUND: Platinum-based chemotherapy is effective in men with neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC), but it is unclear whether histology (adenocarcinoma vs. non-adenocarcinoma NEPC variants) is predictive of platinum sensitivity. Given that NEPC exists ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical utility of non-EpCAM based circulating tumor cell assays.

Journal article Adv Drug Deliv Rev · February 1, 2018 Methods enabling the isolation, detection, and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood have clear potential to facilitate precision medicine approaches in patients with cancer, not only for prognostic purposes but also for prediction of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biomarkers of immunotherapy in urothelial and renal cell carcinoma: PD-L1, tumor mutational burden, and beyond.

Journal article J Immunother Cancer · January 25, 2018 Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the PD-1 pathway have greatly changed clinical management of metastatic urothelial carcinoma and metastatic renal cell carcinoma. However, response rates are low, and biomarkers are needed to predict for treatment res ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Clinical Outcomes of Chemotherapy Naïve Men with Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer and Low Baseline Prostate Specific Antigen Treated with Enzalutamide vs Placebo.

Journal article J Urol · December 2017 PURPOSE: Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer with low baseline prostate specific antigen represents an early stage in the natural history of castration resistant prostate cancer progression (low volume disease), low prostate specific antigen pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical outcomes and survival surrogacy studies of prostate-specific antigen declines following enzalutamide in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer previously treated with docetaxel.

Journal article Cancer · June 15, 2017 BACKGROUND: In the AFFIRM trial, enzalutamide significantly increased overall survival (OS) for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) after chemotherapy versus placebo and significantly decreased prostate-specific antigen (PSA) l ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiographic progression with nonrising PSA in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: post hoc analysis of PREVAIL.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2017 BACKGROUND: Advanced prostate cancer is a phenotypically diverse disease that evolves through multiple clinical courses. PSA level is the most widely used parameter for disease monitoring, but it has well-recognized limitations. Unlike in clinical trials, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate-specific antigen response in black and white patients treated with abiraterone acetate for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Urol Oncol · June 2017 PURPOSE: Evidence suggests differences in androgen receptor AR signaling between black (B) and white (W) patients with prostate cancer, but pivotal trials of abiraterone acetate (AA) for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Induction of Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transitions in Sarcoma Cells.

Journal article J Vis Exp · April 7, 2017 Phenotypic plasticity refers to a phenomenon in which cells transiently gain traits of another lineage. During carcinoma progression, phenotypic plasticity drives invasion, dissemination and metastasis. Indeed, while most of the studies of phenotypic plast ... Full text Link to item Cite

Whole Genomic Copy Number Alterations in Circulating Tumor Cells from Men with Abiraterone or Enzalutamide-Resistant Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · March 1, 2017 Purpose: Beyond enumeration, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can provide genetic information from metastatic cancer that may facilitate a greater understanding of tumor biology and enable a precision medicine approach.Experimental Design: CTCs and paired le ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to M.A.N. Şendur et al and J. Michels.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · January 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment-related neuroendocrine prostate cancer resulting in Cushing's syndrome.

Journal article Int J Urol · December 2016 Here we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of a paraneoplastic Cushing's syndrome (hypercortisolism) resulting from treatment-related neuroendocrine prostate cancer - a highly aggressive and difficult disease to treat. A 51-year-old man ... Full text Link to item Cite

The PREVAIL Study: Primary Outcomes by Site and Extent of Baseline Disease for Enzalutamide-treated Men with Chemotherapy-naïve Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol · October 2016 BACKGROUND: Enzalutamide, an oral androgen receptor inhibitor, significantly improved overall survival (OS) and radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) versus placebo in the PREVAIL trial of men with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition in Sarcomas Is Controlled by the Combinatorial Expression of MicroRNA 200s and GRHL2.

Journal article Mol Cell Biol · October 1, 2016 Phenotypic plasticity involves a process in which cells transiently acquire phenotypic traits of another lineage. Two commonly studied types of phenotypic plasticity are epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET). I ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Magnetic separation of acoustically focused cancer cells from blood for magnetographic templating and analysis.

Journal article Lab Chip · September 21, 2016 Liquid biopsies hold enormous promise for the next generation of medical diagnoses. At the forefront of this effort, many are seeking to capture, enumerate and analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as a means to prognosticate and develop individualized tr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Androgen receptor variant-driven prostate cancer: clinical implications and therapeutic targeting.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2016 While there are myriad mechanisms of primary and acquired resistance to conventional and next-generation hormonal therapies in prostate cancer, the potential role of androgen receptor splice variants (AR-Vs) has recently gained momentum. AR-Vs are abnormal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Distinct routes to metastasis: plasticity-dependent and plasticity-independent pathways.

Journal article Oncogene · August 18, 2016 The cascade that culminates in macrometastases is thought to be mediated by phenotypic plasticity, including epithelial-mesenchymal and mesenchymal-epithelial transitions (EMT and MET). Although there is substantial support for the role of EMT in driving c ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Snail promotes resistance to enzalutamide through regulation of androgen receptor activity in prostate cancer.

Journal article Oncotarget · August 2, 2016 Treatment with androgen-targeted therapies can induce upregulation of epithelial plasticity pathways. Epithelial plasticity is known to be important for metastatic dissemination and therapeutic resistance. The goal of this study is to elucidate the functio ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide Versus Bicalutamide in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The STRIVE Trial.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · June 20, 2016 PURPOSE: Enzalutamide, a potent oral androgen receptor inhibitor, improves survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) before and after chemotherapy. Bicalutamide, a nonsteroidal antiandrogen, is widely used to treat men wit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association Between RECIST Changes and Survival in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel.

Journal article Eur Urol · June 2016 UNLABELLED: We explored the association between Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.0 and 1.1 changes and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) from the control arms of the VENICE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of a Novel c-MET-Based CTC Detection Platform.

Journal article Mol Cancer Res · June 2016 UNLABELLED: Amplification of the MET oncogene is associated with poor prognosis, metastatic dissemination, and drug resistance in many malignancies. We developed a method to capture and characterize circulating tumor cells (CTC) expressing c-MET using a fe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Meta-Analysis Evaluating the Impact of Site of Metastasis on Overall Survival in Men With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 10, 2016 PURPOSE: Reports have suggested that metastatic site is an important predictor of overall survival (OS) in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), but these were based on a limited number of patients. We investigate the impact of ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Trial Design and Objectives for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Updated Recommendations From the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group 3.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · April 20, 2016 PURPOSE: Evolving treatments, disease phenotypes, and biology, together with a changing drug development environment, have created the need to revise castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) clinical trial recommendations to succeed those from prior Pro ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of an epithelial plasticity biomarker panel in men with localized prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · March 2016 BACKGROUND: Given the potential importance of epithelial plasticity (EP) to cancer metastasis, we sought to investigate biomarkers related to EP in men with localized prostate cancer (PC) for the association with time to PSA recurrence and other clinical o ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Everolimus versus sunitinib for patients with metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ASPEN): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 2 trial.

Journal article Lancet Oncol · March 2016 BACKGROUND: Non-clear cell renal cell carcinomas are histologically and genetically diverse kidney cancers with variable prognoses, and their optimum initial treatment is unknown. We aimed to compare the mTOR inhibitor everolimus and the VEGF receptor inhi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of Prostate Cancer in the Elderly.

Journal article Clin Geriatr Med · February 2016 The impact of localized prostate cancer in the elderly depends on disease aggressiveness and life expectancy. In men with localized prostate cancer, those with low-risk disease or a shorter life expectancy should be managed expectantly, whereas those with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy and safety of enzalutamide in patients 75 years or older with chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: results from PREVAIL.

Journal article Ann Oncol · February 2016 BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer disproportionately affects older men. Because age affects treatment decisions, it is important to understand the efficacy and tolerability of therapies for advanced prostate cancer in elderly men. This analysis describes efficac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tasquinimod in the treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer - current status and future prospects.

Journal article Ther Adv Urol · February 2016 Treatment options have significantly expanded in recent years for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), with the routine use of immunotherapy (sipuleucel-T) and novel hormonal agents such as enzalutamide and abiraterone acetate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical Utility of Circulating Tumor Cells in Advanced Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Curr Oncol Rep · January 2016 Men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) frequently have circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that are detectable in their peripheral blood. The CellSearch® method of enumerating CTCs is presently the only FDA-cleared CTC test available c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2016.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · January 2016 The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer address staging and risk assessment after an initial diagnosis of prostate cancer and management options for localized, regional, and metastatic disease. Recommendations for disease monitoring, treatment of recurrent ... Full text Link to item Cite

Docetaxel Resistance in Prostate Cancer: Taking It Up a Notch.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · October 15, 2015 Notch signaling is implicated in prostate cancer progression and docetaxel resistance. Cui and colleagues describe the additive efficacy and mechanisms of a γ-secretase inhibitor, PF-03084014, and docetaxel in preclinical models of prostate cancer, suggest ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A randomised non-comparative phase II trial of cixutumumab (IMC-A12) or ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) plus mitoxantrone and prednisone in men with metastatic docetaxel-pretreated castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Eur J Cancer · September 2015 BACKGROUND: Cixutumumab, a human monoclonal antibody (HuMAb), targets the insulin-like growth factor receptor. Ramucirumab is a recombinant HuMAb that binds to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2. A non-comparative randomised phase II study evalu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring the Clinical Benefit of Docetaxel or Enzalutamide After Disease Progression During Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone Treatment in Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · August 2015 BACKGROUND: Abiraterone acetate (AA) has demonstrated improved outcomes in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, data are lacking on the effect of AA on subsequent efficacy of enzalutamide or docetaxel. PATIENTS AND MET ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Single-Arm Phase 1b Study of Everolimus and Sunitinib in Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · August 2015 BACKGROUND: Everolimus, an oral inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and sunitinib, an oral inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/platelet-derived growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase signaling, have both been shown to prov ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cytotoxic chemotherapy in the contemporary management of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Journal article BJU Int · July 2015 For several years, docetaxel was the only treatment shown to improve survival of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). There are now several novel agents available, although chemotherapy with docetaxel and cabazitaxel conti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Carcinosarcomas: tumors in transition?

Journal article Histol Histopathol · June 2015 Carcinosarcomas are rare, biphasic tumors that are comprised of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. While the exact mechanism by which these two phenotypes arise within a single tumor remains unclear, molecular evidence indicates that the epitheliod an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reversal of PSA progression on abiraterone acetate through the administration with food in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2015 BACKGROUND: Owing to efficacy and tolerability, abiraterone acetate (AA) is a leading treatment for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Increased serum concentrations of AA, such as by taking AA with food, may lead to the inhibition o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Optimizing the efficiency and quality of sipuleucel-T delivery in an academic institution.

Journal article Clin J Oncol Nurs · June 2015 BACKGROUND: Sipuleucel-T, an autologous cellular immunotherapy, is approved for the treatment of certain patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Sipuleucel-T is the first personalized treatment for prostate cancer to be manuf ... Full text Link to item Cite

New treatment options in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · May 2015 Most of the updates in the 2015 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Prostate Cancer center on the systemic therapy front, with a host of newer agents in the mix. At the NCCN 20th Annual Conference, Dr. Andrew J. Armstrong di ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide versus abiraterone acetate for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Expert Opin Pharmacother · March 2015 INTRODUCTION: Over the past decade, treatment options for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) have expanded with the addition of abiraterone acetate (AA), enzalutamide, sipuleucel-T, radium-223, docetaxel and cabazitaxel. The op ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical phenotypes associated with circulating tumor cell enumeration in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Urol Oncol · March 2015 BACKGROUND: The presence of ≥5 circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is prognostic for shorter survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, some men have low CTCs despite widespread disease, suggesting heterogeneity in CT ... Full text Link to item Cite

Understanding pathologic variants of renal cell carcinoma: distilling therapeutic opportunities from biologic complexity.

Journal article Eur Urol · January 2015 CONTEXT: Once believed to represent a uniform malignant phenotype, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is now viewed as a diverse group of cancers that arise from the nephron. OBJECTIVE: To review the pathologic characteristics, clinical behavior, molecular biology ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using circulating tumor cells to inform on prostate cancer biology and clinical utility.

Journal article Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci · 2015 Substantial advances in the molecular biology of prostate cancer have led to the approval of multiple new systemic agents to treat men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). These treatments encompass androgen receptor directed thera ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does the multidisciplinary approach improve oncological outcomes in men undergoing surgical treatment for prostate cancer?

Journal article Int J Urol · December 2014 OBJECTIVES: To determine whether oncological outcomes are improved in prostate cancer patients by using a multidisciplinary strategy as compared with a standard clinic paradigm, and whether time to treatment is delayed when using a multidisciplinary approa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiographic progression by Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG)-2 criteria as an intermediate endpoint for drug development in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article BJU Int · December 2014 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of radiographic progression defined by Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG)-2 guidelines and overall survival (OS) in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two tria ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of the bone scan index in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of tasquinimod in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Journal article Urol Oncol · November 2014 INTRODUCTION: Drug development and clinical decision making for patients with metastatic prostate cancer (PC) have been hindered by a lack of quantitative methods of assessing changes in bony disease burden that are associated with overall survival (OS). B ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prognostic impact of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · October 2014 BACKGROUND: We retrospectively evaluated the prognostic impact of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a marker for inflammatory and immune state in men with progressive metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) following docetaxel. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of epithelial plasticity in prostate cancer dissemination and treatment resistance.

Journal article Cancer Metastasis Rev · September 2014 Nearly 30,000 men die annually in the USA of prostate cancer, nearly uniformly from metastatic dissemination. Despite recent advances in hormonal, immunologic, bone-targeted, and cytotoxic chemotherapies, treatment resistance and further dissemination are ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase Ib study of combined VEGFR and mTOR inhibition with vatalanib and everolimus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · August 2014 BACKGROUND: Vatalanib is an oral vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), whereas everolimus inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Combination therapy with VEGFR and mTOR inhibitors has not been well tol ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biologic and clinical significance of androgen receptor variants in castration resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Endocr Relat Cancer · August 2014 As prostate cancer (PCa) progresses to the lethal castration resistant and metastatic form, genetic and epigenetic adaptation, clonal selection, and evolution of the tumor microenvironment contribute to the emergence of unique biological characteristics un ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enzalutamide in metastatic prostate cancer before chemotherapy.

Journal article N Engl J Med · July 31, 2014 BACKGROUND: Enzalutamide is an oral androgen-receptor inhibitor that prolongs survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in whom the disease has progressed after chemotherapy. New treatment options are needed for patients with met ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical pharmacology of an atrasentan and docetaxel regimen in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · May 2014 PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate potential pharmacokinetic interactions between docetaxel and atrasentan as part of a phase I/II clinical trial. METHODS: Patients with prostate cancer were treated with intravenous docetaxel (60-75 mg/m(2)) eve ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuroendocrine prostate cancer: subtypes, biology, and clinical outcomes.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · May 2014 Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) encompasses various clinical contexts, ranging from the de novo presentation of small cell prostatic carcinoma to a treatment-emergent transformed phenotype that arises from typical adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate cancer, version 2.2014.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · May 2014 Prostate cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the most common cancer in men in the United States. The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer provide multidisciplinary recommendations on the clinical management of patients with prostate cancer based on clinical ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biomarkers in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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Biomarkers in castration-resistant prostate cancer

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The prognostic importance of metastatic site in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol · January 2014 The presence of visceral metastases is adversely prognostic in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), but the prognostic impact of the site of visceral metastasis is unclear. Men with mCRPC in the TAX 327 phase 3 trial receiving ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-term survival and biomarker correlates of tasquinimod efficacy in a multicenter randomized study of men with minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · December 15, 2013 PURPOSE: Tasquinimod (Active Biotech) is an oral immunomodulatory, anti-angiogenic, and anti-metastatic agent that delayed metastatic disease progression in a randomized placebo-controlled phase II trial in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate cancer originating in basal cells progresses to adenocarcinoma propagated by luminal-like cells.

Journal article Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · December 10, 2013 The relationship between the cells that initiate cancer and the cancer stem-like cells that propagate tumors has been poorly defined. In a human prostate tissue transformation model, basal cells expressing the oncogenes Myc and myristoylated AKT can initia ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pharmacodynamic study of disulfiram in men with non-metastatic recurrent prostate cancer

Journal article Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases · December 1, 2013 Background:Preclinical drug screens identified disulfiram as a potent in vitro inhibitor of prostate cancer (PCa) cell growth. Although many mechanisms for its anticancer activity have been proposed, tumor suppressor gene re-expression through promoter dem ... Full text Cite

Prostate cancer, version 1.2014.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · December 1, 2013 The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer provide multidisciplinary recommendations on the clinical management of patients with prostate cancer. This report highlights notable recent updates. Radium-223 dichloride is a first-in-class radiopharmaceutical that ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of a method to isolate circulating tumor cells using mesenchymal-based capture.

Journal article Methods · December 1, 2013 Epithelial tumor cells can become mesenchymal cells and vice versa via phenotypic transitions, a process known as epithelial plasticity. We postulate that during the process of metastasis, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) lose their epithelial phenotype and ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase II trial of temsirolimus in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · December 2013 BACKGROUND: Phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) loss is common in advanced prostate cancer, leading to constitutive activation of the PI3 kinase pathway. Temsirolimus blocks mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1), a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pharmacodynamic study of disulfiram in men with non-metastatic recurrent prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · December 2013 BACKGROUND: Preclinical drug screens identified disulfiram as a potent in vitro inhibitor of prostate cancer (PCa) cell growth. Although many mechanisms for its anticancer activity have been proposed, tumor suppressor gene re-expression through promoter de ... Full text Link to item Cite

Docetaxel and dasatinib or placebo in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (READY): a randomised, double-blind phase 3 trial.

Journal article Lancet Oncol · December 2013 BACKGROUND: Src kinase-mediated interactions between prostate cancer cells and osteoclasts might promote bone metastasis. Dasatinib inhibits tyrosine kinases, including Src kinases. Data suggests that dasatinib kinase inhibition leads to antitumour activit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prognostic model predicting metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer survival in men treated with second-line chemotherapy.

Journal article J Natl Cancer Inst · November 20, 2013 BACKGROUND: Several prognostic models for overall survival (OS) have been developed and validated in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who receive first-line chemotherapy. We sought to develop and validate a prognostic model ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical phenotypes of castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · November 2013 Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is defined as prostate cancer that no longer responds to androgen deprivation therapy. At the genome level, CRPC is a heterogeneous disease that is marked by a range of genetic and epigenetic lesions. These lesio ... Link to item Cite

Efficacy of docetaxel-based chemotherapy following ketoconazole in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: implications for prior therapy in clinical trials.

Journal article Urol Oncol · November 2013 OBJECTIVES: Abiraterone acetate (AA) is a CYP17 inhibitor of androgen synthesis approved for use following docetaxel for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC); evaluation in the pre-docetaxel setting is ongoing. Given that the reported ef ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate-specific antigen changes as surrogate for overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with second-line chemotherapy.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · November 1, 2013 PURPOSE: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetics, and more specifically a ≥ 30% decline in PSA within 3 months after initiation of first-line chemotherapy with docetaxel, are associated with improvement in overall survival (OS) in men with metastatic cast ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Rationing in urologic oncology: lessons from sipuleucel-T for advanced prostate cancer.

Journal article Urol Oncol · October 2013 OBJECTIVES: As complex novel cancer drugs are developed, supply may transiently fail to meet demand as production capacity established for research purposes is scaled up to meet anticipated clinical volume. There are no clear guidelines for how clinicians ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical activity of abiraterone acetate in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after enzalutamide.

Journal article Ann Oncol · July 2013 BACKGROUND: Abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide both improve outcomes in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Optimal sequencing for these agents and whether cross-resistance occurs is unknown. METHODS: Multicentre review ... Full text Link to item Cite

Targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Endocr Relat Cancer · June 2013 The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is a key signaling pathway that has been linked to both tumorigenesis and resistance to therapy in prostate cancer and other solid tumors. Given the significance of t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Novel therapies for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

Journal article Curr Treat Options Oncol · March 2013 In recent years, great success has been achieved on many fronts in the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), including novel chemotherapeutics, immunotherapies, bone microenvironment-targeted agents, and hormonal the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Activity of single-agent bevacizumab in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma previously treated with vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · March 2013 PURPOSE: The activity of systemic agents after progression when using vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to M A Khattak et al.

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Impact of on-study corticosteroid use on efficacy and safety in the phase III AFFIRM study of enzalutamide (ENZA), an androgen receptor inhibitor.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 20, 2013 6 Background: ENZA increased median overall survival (OS) by 4.8 mo (P <0.001, HR 0.63) vs placebo (PBO) in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients (pts) post-docetaxel in AFFIRM (HI Scher et al, NEJM 2012). Corticosteroids (CS) ca ... Full text Link to item Cite

A prostate cancer clinical trials consortium trial of disulfiram (D) in men with nonmetastatic recurrent prostate cancer (PCa).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 20, 2013 219 Background: Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes (TSG) by promoter methylation contributes to carcinogenesis and progression. Targeting these epigenetic changes in PCa has been hindered by a paucity of available agents. D potently inhibits PC ... Full text Link to item Cite

A model for predicting overall survival in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) for whom first-line chemotherapy failed.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 20, 2013 24 Background: Several prognostic models for overall survival (OS) have been developed and validated in men with chemotherapy naïve mCRPC. The primary objective was to develop and validate a prognostic model that can be used to predict OS in men who have f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Overall survival (OS) and safety of dasatinib/docetaxel versus docetaxel in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): Results from the randomized phase III READY trial.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 20, 2013 LBA8 Background: SRC kinases may contribute to androgen independence of mCRPC.Dasatinib (DAS) inhibits tyrosine kinases including SRC kinases with preclinical evidence for antimetastatic activity, inhibition of osteoclast function in tumor microenvironment ... Full text Link to item Cite

New and emerging therapies for bone metastases in genitourinary cancers.

Journal article Eur Urol · February 2013 CONTEXT: Bone metastases are a common feature of advanced genitourinary malignancies and a prominent cause of morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to discuss the incidence, pathophysiology, and management of bone metastases i ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase II study of lapatinib, a dual EGFR and HER-2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Urol Oncol · January 2013 Featured Work OBJECTIVES: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and HER-2 tyrosine kinases may be involved in activation of androgen receptor and progression of prostate cancer. They represent potential therapeutic targets in prostate cancer. Lapatinib is an oral inhi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary

Journal article Annals of Internal Medicine · 2013 Cite

Potential predictive biomarkers for individualizing treatment for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer J · 2013 With the surge in therapeutic options for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) comes increasingly complicated treatment decision making, highlighting the need for biomarkers that can identify appropriate patients for specific treatments and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radium-223 chloride: a potential new treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer patients with metastatic bone disease.

Journal article Cancer Manag Res · 2013 BACKGROUND: Radium-223 chloride ((223)Ra; Alpharadin) is an alpha-emitting radioisotope that targets areas of osteoblastic metastasis and is excreted by the small intestine. When compared with beta-emitters (eg, strontium-89, samarium-153), (223)Ra deliver ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ability of C-reactive protein to complement multiple prognostic classifiers in men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer receiving docetaxel-based chemotherapy.

Journal article BJU Int · December 2012 UNLABELLED: What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Serum C-reactive protein (C-reactive protein) is emerging as a potential novel prognostic factor in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). In the present study, a prosp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increased survival with enzalutamide in prostate cancer after chemotherapy.

Journal article N Engl J Med · September 27, 2012 BACKGROUND: Enzalutamide (formerly called MDV3100) targets multiple steps in the androgen-receptor-signaling pathway, the major driver of prostate-cancer growth. We aimed to evaluate whether enzalutamide prolongs survival in men with castration-resistant p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serum lactate dehydrogenase predicts for overall survival benefit in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · September 20, 2012 PURPOSE: Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme involved in anaerobic glycolysis and regulated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-containing complex 1 (PI3K/Akt/TORC1) pathway as well as tumor hypoxia/necrosis. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serum alkaline phosphatase changes predict survival independent of PSA changes in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastasis receiving chemotherapy.

Journal article Urol Oncol · September 2012 Featured Work OBJECTIVES: The association of a change in serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) with overall survival OS in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) receiving chemotherapy is unknown. We evaluated the association of changes in ALP within ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostate cancer, Version 3.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · September 2012 The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Prostate Cancer provide multidisciplinary recommendations for the clinical management of patients with prostate cancer. These NCCN Guidelines Insights highlight notable recent updates. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pannexin 1, an ATP release channel, is activated by caspase cleavage of its pore-associated C-terminal autoinhibitory region.

Journal article J Biol Chem · March 30, 2012 Pannexin 1 (PANX1) channels mediate release of ATP, a "find-me" signal that recruits macrophages to apoptotic cells; PANX1 activation during apoptosis requires caspase-mediated cleavage of PANX1 at its C terminus, but how the C terminus inhibits basal chan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biomarkers in the management and treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol · March 2012 Featured Work CONTEXT: We have recently witnessed a rapid increase in the number of effective systemic agents for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), including novel hormonal therapies (abiraterone acetate and MDV3100), immunotherapies (sipu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Activity of single-agent bevacizumab (B) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) previously treated with VEGF- and mTOR-based therapies.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 10, 2012 435 Background: Given a lack of clinical information on therapeutic efficacy of agents following progression after vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition in metastatic ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase II randomized study of cixutumumab (IMC-A12: CIX) or ramucirumab (IMC-1121B: RAM) plus mitoxantrone (M) and prednisone (P) in patients (pts) with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) following disease progression (PD) on docetaxel (DCT) therapy.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 10, 2012 97 Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-mediated angiogenesis and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-IR)-mediated signaling contribute to mCRPC growth. CIX and RAM are fully human IgG1 human monoclonal antibodies targeting IGF-IR and VEGF rec ... Link to item Cite

Efficacy of docetaxel and prednisone in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) exposed to prior ketoconazole (KC).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 10, 2012 204 Background: The efficacy of docetaxel following exposure to androgen synthesis inhibitors such as KC or abiraterone acetate (AA) is unknown. Given the emerging use of pre-docetaxel AA and docetaxel's inhibition of androgen signaling, we retrospectively ... Link to item Cite

Activity of single-agent bevacizumab (B) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) previously treated with VEGF- and mTOR-based therapies.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 10, 2012 435 Background: Given a lack of clinical information on therapeutic efficacy of agents following progression after vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition in metastatic ... Link to item Cite

A phase II randomized study of cixutumumab (IMC-A12: CIX) or ramucirumab (IMC-1121B: RAM) plus mitoxantrone (M) and prednisone (P) in patients (pts) with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) following disease progression (PD) on docetaxel (DCT) therapy.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 10, 2012 97 Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-mediated angiogenesis and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-IR)-mediated signaling contribute to mCRPC growth. CIX and RAM are fully human IgG1 human monoclonal antibodies targeting IGF-IR and VEGF rec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of docetaxel and prednisone in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) exposed to prior ketoconazole (KC).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · February 10, 2012 204 Background: The efficacy of docetaxel following exposure to androgen synthesis inhibitors such as KC or abiraterone acetate (AA) is unknown. Given the emerging use of pre-docetaxel AA and docetaxel's inhibition of androgen signaling, we retrospectively ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating the value of number of cycles of docetaxel and prednisone in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Eur Urol · February 2012 Featured Work BACKGROUND: The optimal number of 3-wk docetaxel plus prednisone (DP) cycles for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is unclear. OBJECTIVE: A retrospective analysis of two clinical trials was performed to evaluate the association of the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prognostic, predictive, and surrogate factors for individualizing treatment for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book · 2012 With the surge in therapeutic options for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) comes increasingly complicated treatment decision making, highlighting the need for biomarkers that can identify appropriate patients for specific treatments and accurate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dasatinib combined with docetaxel for castration-resistant prostate cancer: results from a phase 1-2 study.

Journal article Cancer · January 1, 2012 Featured Work BACKGROUND: To determine the potential efficacy of targeting both the tumor and bone microenvironment in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (PC), the authors conducted a phase 1-2 trial combining docetaxel with dasatinib, an oral SRC inhibi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utilization trends at a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic: initial 5-year experience from the Duke Prostate Center.

Journal article J Urol · January 2012 Featured Work PURPOSE: The multidisciplinary approach is becoming increasingly encouraged but little is known about the multidisciplinary experience compared to routine care. For patients with prostate cancer the goal is to provide evaluations by urologists, medical and ... Full text Link to item Cite

What to order from the prostate cancer treatment menu?

Journal article Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) · January 1, 2012 Cite

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer progression.

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Clinical update: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer progression

Journal article Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology · December 1, 2011 Cite

The role of surrogate markers in the management of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · December 2011 Over the past year, the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) was dramatically altered with the introduction of several novel agents. One of these agents, the cancer immunotherapy sipuleucel-T, represents a major change in th ... Link to item Cite

Phase II randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of tasquinimod in men with minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · October 20, 2011 Featured Work PURPOSE: The activity of the novel antitumor agent tasquinimod (TASQ) with S100A9 as a molecular target was investigated in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and minimal symptoms. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a randomize ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evolving standards in the treatment of docetaxel-refractory castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2011 Featured Work The management of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) has taken several leaps forward in the past year, with the demonstration of improved overall survival with three novel agents (sipuleucel-T, cabazitaxel with prednisone and a ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association between radiographic response and overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Journal article Cancer · September 1, 2011 Featured Work BACKGROUND: In men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), the association of measurable tumor responses with overall survival (OS) is unknown. The authors retrospectively evaluated the TAX327 phase 3 trial to study this relation. METH ... Full text Link to item Cite

Emerging therapeutic approaches in the management of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2011 Featured Work Although treatment options for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) have improved with the recent and anticipated approvals of novel immunotherapeutic, hormonal, chemotherapeutic and bone-targeted agents, clinical benefit with these systemi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Therapy for non-clear cell histologies in renal cancer.

Journal article Curr Clin Pharmacol · August 2011 Featured Work The advent of targeted systemic therapies has significantly improved treatment options for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Multiple agents that inhibit angiogenesis cell growth and proliferation via the VEGF and mTOR (TORC1) pathways h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Circulating tumor cells from patients with advanced prostate and breast cancer display both epithelial and mesenchymal markers.

Journal article Mol Cancer Res · August 2011 Featured Work During cancer progression, malignant cells undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transitions (MET) as part of a broad invasion and metastasis program. We previously observed MET events among lung metastases in a precli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Investigator-initiated pilot study of sunitinib malate in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer prior to prostatectomy: A trial of the DoD/PCF Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2011 4664 Background: Sunitinib malate (Sutent, Pfizer) is an oral multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor of VEGF/PDGF receptors that may function in part to inhibit prostate tumor growth via anti-angiogenic mechanisms. METHODS: We conducted a multi-site stud ... Link to item Cite

Evaluating the value of continuing docetaxel and prednisone (DP) beyond 10 cycles in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2011 4582 Background: The optimal number of cycles of 3-weekly DP therapy for mCRPC has not been ascertained. An exploratory analysis was conducted comparing results of 335 men on the DP arm of the TAX-327 study, which limited chemotherapy to 10 cycles, and a r ... Link to item Cite

Ability of serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) changes to complement PSA changes and predict survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) receiving docetaxel and prednisone (DP).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2011 e15019 Background: PSA decline ≥30% and ≥50% within 90 days of starting chemotherapy are suboptimal surrogates for overall survival (OS) and only capture a proportion of total benefit. Changes in ALP were shown to complement PSA changes as prognostic facto ... Link to item Cite

Assessment of two prognostic risk group methods to predict outcomes with docetaxel-based therapy in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Journal article Journal of Clinical Oncology · March 1, 2011 185 Background: Threeprognosticrisk groups have been identified in men with mCRPC (good [GR]/intermediate [IR]/poor [PR]) based on 0-1, 2 or 3-4 factors (visceral disease, pain, anemia, bone scan progression). Prostate Cancer Wor ... Full text Cite

Association between radiographic response and overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Journal article Journal of Clinical Oncology · March 1, 2011 118 Background: In men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC),the association of measurable tumor responses with overall survival (OS) is unknown. We retrospectively evaluated the TAX327 phase III trial to st ... Full text Cite

Phase II study of tasquinimod in chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC): Safety and efficacy analysis including subgroups.

Journal article Journal of Clinical Oncology · March 1, 2011 126 Background: Tasquinimod (TASQ) is an oral quinoline-3-carboxamide derivative that binds to S100A9 and displays anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor activity in prostate cancer (PC) models. In a randomized blinded phase II study, 20 ... Full text Cite

Association between radiographic response and overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · March 2011 118 Background: In men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC),the association of measurable tumor responses with overall survival (OS) is unknown. We retrospectively evaluated the TAX327 phase III trial to study this relationship. METH ... Link to item Cite

Phase II study of tasquinimod in chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC): Safety and efficacy analysis including subgroups.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · March 2011 126 Background: Tasquinimod (TASQ) is an oral quinoline-3-carboxamide derivative that binds to S100A9 and displays anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor activity in prostate cancer (PC) models. In a randomized blinded phase II study, 206 (136 TASQ, 70 placebo [P] ... Link to item Cite

Assessment of two prognostic risk group methods to predict outcomes with docetaxel-based therapy in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · March 2011 185 Background: Threeprognosticrisk groups have been identified in men with mCRPC (good [GR]/intermediate [IR]/poor [PR]) based on 0-1, 2 or 3-4 factors (visceral disease, pain, anemia, bone scan progression). Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG)-2 defines ... Link to item Cite

Management Options in Advanced Prostate Cancer: What is the Role for Sipuleucel-T?

Journal article Clin Med Insights Oncol · 2011 Featured Work Most prostate cancer-related deaths occur in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Until recently, only therapy with docetaxel and prednisone has been shown to prolong survival in men with metastatic CRPC. With the United States Food a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Optimizing the use of docetaxel in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2010 Featured Work In 2009, castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer continues to account for more deaths in US men than any other cancer apart from lung cancer. Although novel targeted molecular, hormonal and immunologic agents are accelerating in their development i ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pharmacodynamic study of rapamycin in men with intermediate- to high-risk localized prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · June 1, 2010 Featured Work PURPOSE: Given discrepancies between preclinical and clinical observations of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition in prostate cancer, we sought to determine the pharmacodynamic effects of the mTOR/TORC1 inhibitor rapamycin in men with intermedi ... Full text Link to item Cite

patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

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Cabazitaxel prolongs survival in late metastatic CRPC: Commentary

Journal article Oncology Report · May 20, 2010 Cite

IMPACT update: Survival benefit of sipuleucel-T is durable: Commentary

Journal article Oncology Report · May 20, 2010 Cite

The development of risk groups in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer based on risk factors for PSA decline and survival.

Journal article Eur J Cancer · February 2010 Featured Work AIMS OF THE STUDY: There are no known predictive factors of response in men receiving chemotherapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). We investigated pre-treatment factors that predicted a 30% PSA decline (30% PSAD) within 3 month ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prediction of survival following first-line chemotherapy in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · January 1, 2010 Featured Work PURPOSE: We sought to evaluate predictors of overall survival following progression after systemic chemotherapy in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: For our study population, we used the TAX327 multicenter rando ... Full text Link to item Cite

ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 negatively regulates thymocyte and peripheral lymphocyte proliferation.

Journal article J Immunol · January 1, 2010 Cholesterol is a key component of cell membranes and is essential for cell growth and proliferation. How the accumulation of cellular cholesterol affects lymphocyte development and function is not well understood. We demonstrate that ATP-binding cassette t ... Full text Link to item Cite

TroVax vaccine delivers mixed results in renal cell carcinoma: Commentary

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Bevacizumab increases toxicity, VTE in bladder cancer: Commentary

Journal article Oncology Report · September 1, 2009 Cite

Second vaccine shows improved survival in prostate cancer: Commentary

Journal article Oncology Report · September 1, 2009 Cite

Using surrogate biomarkers to predict clinical benefit in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer: an update and review of the literature.

Journal article Oncologist · August 2009 Featured Work Recurrent prostate cancer has a complex molecular etiology and a prolonged disease course. Although initially responsive to androgen ablation, many men eventually become castration resistant, develop skeletal metastases, and are palliatively treated with d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of risk groups in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) to facilitate the identification of active chemotherapy regimens.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2009 5137 Background: Our aim was to develop and validate clinically applicable predictive factors for a >30% PSA decline 3 months following chemotherapy initiation, and to assess the performance of a risk-group based classification in predicting PSA declines a ... Link to item Cite

Dasatinib and docetaxel combination treatment for patients with castration-resistant progressive prostate cancer: A phase I/II study (CA180086).

Journal article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2009 5061 Background: Dasatinib, a potent inhibitor of SRC family kinases, inhibits in vitro prostate cancer cell proliferation and migration. Consistent with those findings are the clinical observations that osteoclast activity and bone turnover are downregula ... Link to item Cite

The relationship of body mass index and serum testosterone with disease outcomes in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · 2009 Featured Work The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of baseline body mass index (BMI) and serum testosterone level with prostate cancer outcomes in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer (CRPC). BMI and testosterone levels were eva ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I-II study of docetaxel and atrasentan in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · October 1, 2008 Featured Work PURPOSE: The primary aims of this phase I-II study were to determine the maximum tolerated dose, dose-limiting toxicity, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of the combination of docetaxel and the endothelin A receptor antagonist atrasentan as first ... Full text Link to item Cite

NCCN Task Force Report: mTOR inhibition in solid tumors.

Journal article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · September 2008 Featured Work The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) protein complex functions as an integration center for various intracellular signaling pathways involving cell cycle progression, proliferation, and angiogenesis. These pathways are frequently dysregulated in cancer ... Link to item Cite

Abiraterone acetate active in castration-resistant trials: Commentary

Journal article Oncology Report · September 1, 2008 Cite

Thalidomide prolongs PFS following androgen failure: Commentary

Journal article Oncology Report · September 1, 2008 Cite

A phase II trial of lapatinib in hormone refractory prostate cancer

Journal article JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY · May 20, 2008 Link to item Cite

Clinical endpoints for drug development in prostate cancer.

Journal article Curr Opin Urol · May 2008 Featured Work PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Overall survival remains the benchmark in phase III settings of novel agents in castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer. This review highlights many of the current potential early measures of response and clinical benefit that ar ... Full text Link to item Cite

New drug development in metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Urol Oncol · 2008 Featured Work In 2007, drug development in castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer (CRPC) remains challenging, due to the number of potentially viable molecular targets and clinical trials available, the lack of established surrogates for overall survival, and c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cell signaling modifiers in prostate cancer.

Journal article Cancer J · 2008 Featured Work Despite advances in the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) with docetaxel chemotherapy as evidenced by the TAX 327 and SWOG 99-16 trials, therapeutic options remain limited in patients with cancer that progresses while they are receivin ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Journal article Journal of Clinical Oncology · December 10, 2007 Full text Cite

A contemporary prognostic nomogram for men with hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer: a TAX327 study analysis.

Journal article Clin Cancer Res · November 1, 2007 Featured Work PURPOSE: To develop a prognostic model and nomogram using baseline clinical variables to predict death among men with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: TAX327 was a clinical trial that randomized 1,006 men with meta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Satraplatin in the treatment of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer.

Journal article Ther Clin Risk Manag · October 2007 Satraplatin is an orally bioavailable platinum chemotherapeutic agent under development for several cancer types, including hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Satraplatin is being developed for the treatment of men with chemorefractory HRPC for sev ... Link to item Cite

Prostate-specific antigen and pain surrogacy analysis in metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · September 1, 2007 Featured Work PURPOSE: It is currently unclear if early prostate-specific antigen (PSA) or pain improvements are adequate surrogates for overall survival in men with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Here we examined various degrees of PSA decline an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anti-angiogenic therapy in renal cell cancer.

Journal article BJU Int · May 2007 Featured Work Angiogenesis is an important hallmark of RCC, reflected in the natural history, Histology, genetics and now therapeutics of this disease. Clearly, the pro-angiogenic growth factor VEGF is a functional drug target in RCC and many strategies to inhibit this ... Full text Link to item Cite

Systemic strategies for prostate cancer.

Journal article Minerva Urol Nefrol · March 2007 Featured Work Systemic therapy beyond hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer includes chemotherapy, antiangiogenic therapy, signal transduction inhibitors, immunomodulatory therapy, and other experimental therapeutics. This review will discuss the state of system ... Link to item Cite

Current standard and investigational approaches to the management of hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Journal article Rev Urol · 2007 Featured Work Prostate cancer is a common cause of death in men and remains incurable in the metastatic setting. In 2004, 2 landmark trials using docetaxel-based chemotherapy, TAX 327 and SWOG 99-16, showed a survival benefit for the first time in metastatic, hormone-re ... Link to item Cite

New drugs in prostate cancer.

Journal article Curr Opin Urol · May 2006 Featured Work PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The survival of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer patients has improved with the use of docetaxel-based chemotherapy. The survival benefits, however, are modest suggesting that rationally designed therapeutic approaches are n ... Full text Link to item Cite

Advanced prostate cancer: the future.

Journal article Can J Urol · June 2005 Featured Work The demonstration of a survival benefit with docetaxel for the treatment of metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) is an important step forward in advancing treatment options for advanced prostate cancer. While docetaxel-based therapy has dem ... Link to item Cite

Chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer: results of new clinical trials and future studies.

Journal article Curr Oncol Rep · May 2005 Featured Work Our understanding of the role of chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer has improved considerably in 2004 with the publication of two large randomized phase III trials and the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration of docetaxel and prednisone f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Novel therapeutic approaches to advanced prostate cancer.

Journal article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · April 2005 Featured Work Considerable progress in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer was made in 2004 with the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration of docetaxel for the treatment of metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. The survival benefit with docetaxe ... Link to item Cite

EpCAM is an important suppressor of anti-tumor immunity [2]

Journal article Cancer Biology and Therapy · April 1, 2005 Cite

Workplace discrimination and cumulative trauma disorders: the national EEOC ADA research project.

Journal article Work · 2005 Employment discrimination of persons with cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) was explored using the Integrated Mission System dataset of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Demographic characteristics and merit resolutions of the Charging Parti ... Link to item Cite

EpCAM: A new therapeutic target for an old cancer antigen.

Journal article Cancer Biol Ther · 2003 The use of monoclonal antibodies as adjuvants to cancer chemotherapy has drawn considerable interest in recent years, due to the success of several novel agents against a broad range of targets. One such target is EpCAM (aka GA733-2, KSA, 17-1A antigen), a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inertial properties and loading rates affect buckling modes and injury mechanisms in the cervical spine.

Journal article J Biomech · February 2000 Featured Work Cervical spine injuries continue to be a costly societal problem. Future advancements in injury prevention depend on improved physical and computational models which, in turn, are predicated on a better understanding of the responses of the neck during dyn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cervical spine buckling: The effects of vertebral mass and loading rate

Journal article American Society of Mechanical Engineers Bioengineering Division Publication BED · December 1, 1997 Cite

Mutagenic analysis of functional domains of the mos proto-oncogene and identification of the sites important for MAPK activation and DNA binding.

Journal article Oncogene · October 19, 1995 Featured Work We constructed in-frame deletion/replacement mutations in the Xenopus mos proto-oncogene that lie within conserved Mos-specific codons, but outside of the regions that are conserved among the src kinase family of genes. All gene products were assayed in vi ... Link to item Cite

Vortex Mutual Friction in Rotating Superfluid 3He-B.

Journal article Phys Rev Lett · January 30, 1995 Full text Link to item Cite

Free-expansion melting of a colloidal monolayer.

Journal article Phys Rev Lett · May 15, 1989 Full text Link to item Cite

Changes in pancreatic tryptophan in the rat in response to fasting. The effect of B-cytotoxic agents and variation through the oestrous cycle.

Journal article Pflugers Arch · 1975 The concentration of tryptophan not incorporated into protein or polypeptides in the pancreas of male rats rose two- to three-fold in response to a 24 hrs period of food deprivation. On refeeding or intra-peritoneal administration of glucose the level of t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Changes in skeletal muscle cross sectional area (CSA) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with enzalutamide (ENZ).

Journal article Journal of Clinical Oncology Background: Phase III studies that led to ENZ approval in the treatment of mCRPC included side effects like fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and falls, which could result from skeletal muscle loss. Such muscle loss (sarcopenia), in a variety of cancer popula ... Full text Link to item Cite