JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (HEALTH SCIENCES) ›› 2015, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (9): 1-7.doi: 10.6040/j.issn.1671-7554.2.2015.002

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Castration-resistant prostate cancer: current understanding of mechanisms and emerging novel agents

HAN Bo1,2, QI Mei1, TAN Weiwei1, YANG Muyi1   

  1. 1. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China;
    2. Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
  • Received:2015-05-25 Online:2015-09-10 Published:2015-09-10
  • Contact: 韩博。E-mail:boh@sdu.edu.cn E-mail:boh@sdu.edu.cn

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Abstract: Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) has an extremely poor prognosis and remains a significant clinical challenge as the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Recently, a broad range of novel therapeutic drugs has emerged for CRPC treatment, including androgen synthesis inhibitors (abiraterone), androgen receptor (AR) inhibitors (enzalutamide), immunotherapy (sipuleucel-T), radiopharmaceuticals (Radium-223) and chemotherapeutic agents(cabazitaxel). Therefore, clinical urologists have more choices for the treatment of CRPC patients and the strategies of the systematic therapy have undergone great changes. In this review, we briefly overviewed the current molecular understanding of CRPC and highlighted the recently approved and emerging therapeutics for patients with CRPC.

Key words: Castration-resistant, Cabazitaxel, Abiraterone, Radium-223, Androgen receptor, Sipuleucel-T, Prostatitic neoplasms, Enzalutamide, Drug treatment

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