Mechanisms of Therapeutic Resistance in Prostate Cancer

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Nakazawa, Mary ^a   Paller, Channing ^b   Kyprianou, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration resistant prostate cancer; Prostate cancer; Therapeutic resistance

Indexed keywords

ABIRATERONE; ABIRATERONE ACETATE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; APALUTAMIDE; BICALUTAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; ENZALUTAMIDE; FLUTAMIDE; GALUNISERTIB; NILUTAMIDE; OLAPARIB; SIPULEUCEL T; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR MARKER;

ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS, CASTRATION-RESISTANT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS, CASTRATION-RESISTANT;

EID: 85013648982     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-017-0568-7     Document Type: Review

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