Mechanisms of apoptosis resistance and treatment strategies to overcome them in hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Uzzo, Robert G; Haas, Naomi B; Crispen, Paul L; Kolenko, Vladimir M · Cancer · 2008

review · Level V

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Abstract

New therapeutic strategies are needed to improve treatment outcomes in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cell death in response to therapeutic strategies will help avoid ineffective treatment regimens and provide a molecular basis for new therapeutic modalities targeting apoptosis-resistant forms of prostate cancer. In this review, the authors focused on the established aberrations of apoptosis in hormone-refractory prostate cancer, and they have described novel treatment strategies to overcome apoptosis resistance.

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