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ArticleCancer research2018

Neoadjuvant-Intensive Androgen Deprivation Therapy Selects for Prostate Tumor Foci with Diverse Subclonal Oncogenic Alterations.

Adam G Sowalsky, Huihui Ye, Manoj Bhasin, Eliezer M Van Allen, Massimo Loda, Rosina T Lis, Laleh Montaser-Kouhsari, Carla Calagua, Fen Ma, Joshua W Russo and 9 more

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Article in Cancer research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Protein disulfide isomerases regulate androgen receptor stability and promote prostate cancer cell growth and survival.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Loss of phosphatase and tensin homolog expression castration-sensitive prostate cancer predicts outcomes in men after prostatectomy.International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2025
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  20. Assessment of Androgen Receptor Splice Variant-7 as a Biomarker of Clinical Response in Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Adam G SowalskyDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-2760-1853
Huihui YeDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Manoj BhasinGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Eliezer M Van AllenLank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Massimo LodaDepartment of Molecular Oncologic Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rosina T LisLank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Laleh Montaser-KouhsariDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Carla CalaguaDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Fen MaDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Joshua W RussoDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rachel J SchaeferDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Olga S VoznesenskyDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Zhenwei ZhangLank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Glenn J BubleyDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Bruce MontgomeryMedical Oncology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Elahe A MostaghelMedical Oncology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Peter S NelsonMedical Oncology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Mary-Ellen TaplinLank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Steven P BalkDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. sbalk@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Washington · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTOME AND PROTEOME STRATIFICATION OF PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA PHENOTYPESP50CA097186 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI PETER S NELSON · 2002 to 2026
$58.1M
Tumor and Circulating Markers as Links Between Obesity and Lethal Prostate CanceP50CA090381 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI KANTOFF, PHILIP W · 2002 to 2017
$36.2M
Steroid Metabolism in Castration-Resistant Prostate CancerP01CA163227 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PETER S NELSON · 2013 to 2026
$25.0M
Molecular alterations driving the development of primary prostate cancersZIABC011679 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SOWALSKY, ADAM · 2016 to 2025
$6.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011679NCI NIH HHS P01 CA163227NCI NIH HHS P50 CA090381NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097186
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary prostate cancer can have extensive microheterogeneity, but its contribution to the later emergence of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) remains unclear. In this study, we microdissected residual prostate cancer foci in radical prostatectomies from 18 men treated with neoadjuvant-intensive androgen deprivation therapy (leuprolide, abiraterone acetate, and prednisone) and analyzed them for resistance mechanisms. Transcriptome profiling showed reduced but persistent androgen receptor (AR) activity in residual tumors, with no increase in neuroendocrine differentiation. Proliferation correlated negatively with AR activity but positively with decreased RB1 expression, and whole-exome sequencing (WES) further showed enrichment for RB1 genomic loss. In 15 cases where 2 or 3 tumor foci were microdissected, WES confirmed a common clonal origin but identified multiple oncogenic alterations unique to each focus. These findings show that subclones with oncogenic alterations found in mCRPC are present in primary prostate cancer and are selected for by neoadjuvant-intense androgen deprivation therapy. In particular, this study indicates that subclonal RB1 loss may be more common than previously appreciated in intermediate- to high-risk primary prostate cancer and may be an early event, independent of neuroendocrine differentiation, in the development of mCRPC. Comprehensive molecular analyses of primary prostate cancer may detect aggressive subclones and possibly inform adjuvant strategies to prevent recurrence.

Indexed as

Abiraterone AcetateAgedAndrogen AntagonistsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsAryl Hydrocarbon HydroxylasesBiomarkers, TumorCarcinogenesisClonal EvolutionCytochrome P450 Family 2Drug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalProstatectomyAbiraterone AcetateAndrogen AntagonistsAryl Hydrocarbon HydroxylasesBiomarkers, TumorCYP2C11 protein, ratCytochrome P450 Family 2Receptors, AndrogenSteroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase

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PMID29921690
PMCPMC6095796
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