Role of targeted therapy in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer:

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 748-767

  Fizazi, Karim ^d   Sternberg, Cora N ^a   Fitzpatrick, John M ^b   Watson, R William ^b   Tabesh, Majid ^c  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Pfizer Ltd   (United States)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Prostatic neoplasms; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

ABIRATERONE ACETATE; AFLIBERCEPT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATRASENTAN; BEVACIZUMAB; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CABAZITAXEL; CP 751871; DASATINIB; DENOSUMAB; DOCETAXEL; ESTRAMUSTINE; EVEROLIMUS; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR VACCINE; IPILIMUMAB; IXABEPILONE; MITOXANTRONE; N (3 METHOXY 5 METHYL 2 PYRAZINYL) 2 [4 (1,3,4 OXADIAZOL 2 YL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINESULFONAMIDE; N (5 CHLORO 1,3 BENZODIOXOL 4 YL) 7 [2 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)ETHOXY] 5 (TETRAHYDRO 2H PYRAN 4 YLOXY) 4 QUINAZOLINAMINE; OGX 011; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SATRAPLATIN; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; THALIDOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; XRP 6258;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77649267690     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09236.x     Document Type: Review

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