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A Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Orthotopic Syngeneic Murine Model of Androgen-dependent and Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
Published on: March 6, 2018
Management of hormone refractory prostate cancer
1UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California 94115, USA. amlin@medicine.ucsf.edu
Purpose Of Review:
This review highlights the most interesting developments and outstanding issues surrounding the management of hormone-refractory prostate cancer published in the medical literature during the past year.
Recent Findings:
Recent research has reported poor health-related quality-of-life outcomes for patient with hormone-refractory prostate cancer treated in standard clinical practices. In addition, age-related differences in survival appear to exist for patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Two potential future therapies for hormone-refractory prostate cancer, sipuleucel-T and the combination regimen of docetaxel and DN-101, demonstrate promising preliminary clinical data in terms of improving survival while minimizing toxicity. A variety of novel agents has been tested for hormone-refractory prostate cancer, including pertuzumab and BMS-275291, which may stabilize disease with minimal toxicity. In terms of bone-related health, skeletal-related events have been found to be associated with worse survival and health-related quality of life outcomes.
Summary:
Data reported during the past year have implications for future research directions. This direction includes the need for continued exploration of health-related quality of life and age-related outcomes, further study of the disease-stabilizing effects of novel therapies and their translation into improved survival, as well as directed efforts to continue preventing skeletal-related events, which may impact survival and health-related quality of life.
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