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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Advanced Therapeutic Options for Treatment of Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostatic Adenocarcinoma.

Faiza Naseer, Tahir Ahmad, Kousain Kousar, Sadia Anjum

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Faiza NaseerIndustrial Biotechnology (IBT), Atta-ur-Rehman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Tahir AhmadIndustrial Biotechnology (IBT), Atta-ur-Rehman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Kousain KousarIndustrial Biotechnology (IBT), Atta-ur-Rehman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Sadia AnjumDepartment of Biology, University of Hail, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia.
Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University · PKUniversity of Ha'il · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The initial stage of prostatic adenocarcinoma (PaC) has been treated with surgery and radiation therapy, but the advanced stages need systemic novel treatment. Since 2010, several advanced therapeutic innovations have been introduced in various randomized clinical trials to improve survival and reduce morbidity and mortality. Several of these therapeutics have shown substantial survival assistance globally, even in the advanced stages of metastatic castration-resistant prostatic adenocarcinoma (mCRPC). This article describes advanced PaC therapy regimens including chemotherapeutic options, hormonal therapies (abiraterone, enzalutamide), immunotherapeutic agents, and bone-modifying agents. We discussed various pros and cons of gene therapy approaches including Crispr/Cas9 mediation, oncolytic viruses, suicidal genes, and micro-RNA based antitumor therapy. The mCRPC microenvironment is characterized by elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, which ultimately trigger the androgen receptor (AR) and its dependent signaling pathways. The advanced therapeutics target these receptors and inhibit the steroidogenic enzymes that play an important role in increasing testosterone (T) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) levels in the body. These advanced therapeutic novelties also target AR-independent oncogenic signaling pathways by focusing on DNA damage repair (DDR) pathways and their mechanisms. Some of these options appear to be very attractive strategies for acute and chronic stages of PaC and mCRPC treatment by overcoming the mechanisms of resistance.

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crispr/Cas9 mediated gene therapyimmunotherapeutic agentsmetastatic castration resistant prostate canceroncolytic virotherapy of cancerprostatic adenocarcinoma

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PMID34899292
PMCPMC8660108
OpenAlexW3212114932

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