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Understanding and overcoming the mechanisms of primary and acquired resistance to abiraterone and enzalutamide in castration resistant prostate cancer.
Cancer treatment reviews - 1 Dec 2015
Buttigliero Consuelo, Tucci Marcello, Bertaglia Valentina, Vignani Francesca, Bironzo Paolo, Di Maio Massimo, Scagliotti Giorgio Vittorio
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In recent years, in castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), several new drugs have been approved that prolong overall survival, including enzalutamide and abiraterone, two new-generation hormonal therapies. Despite the demonstrated benefit of these agents, not all patients with CRPC are responsive to treatment, the gain in median progression-free survival with these therapies compared to standard of care is,...
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