Epigenetics in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

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Fig. 20.1 The mechanism of histone acetylation and deacetylation. The modifications of histones are able to regulate gene transcription. Histone acetylase (HAT) adds acetyl groups onto the lysine tail of…

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Radium-223 and Other Radiopharmaceuticals in Prostate Cancer

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Fig. 11.1 Periodic table For the bone-targeted radiopharmaceuticals such as Sm-153 EDTMP, strontium-89 (Sr-89), radium-223 (Ra-223), and phosphorus-32 (P-32), as well as the bisphosphonates, bone targeting occurs via hydroxyapatite Ca5(PO4)3(OH)…

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PARP Inhibitors

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Fig. 18.1 The principle of synthetic lethality applied to cancer medicine. While the loss of either PARP or BRCA function independently does not compromise the ability of the cell to…

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Introduction—Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Rapidly Expanding Clinical State and a Model for New Therapeutic Opportunities

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Fig. 1.1 Management-based dynamic progression of prostate cancer and the mCRPC state. ADT androgen deprivation treatment Fig. 1.2 Survival of metastatic prostate cancer patients diagnosed in the context of a…

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Co-targeting Adaptive Survival Pathways

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Persistent AR signaling Stress response pathways Signaling pathways Developmental pathways AR, N-Terminal AR, co-factors LSD-1 and BF3 Hsp27, CLU, autophagy, Hsp90, p38 MAPK PI3K/Akt, MAPK, JNK, NF-κB, CCL2, MET, src…

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Phase I–II Targeted Treatments

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Fig. 13.1 A pharmacologic audit trail for clinical trial design. Solid boxes contain the conceptualized trial framework; dashed boxes demonstrate the example of a new therapy targeting androgen receptor (AR)…

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