Precision Medicine Approaches When Prostate Cancer Akts Up.

Zhang, Tian; George, Daniel J; Armstrong, Andrew J · Clin Cancer Res · 2019

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Abstract

Ipatasertib combined with abiraterone in PTEN-null prostate cancer improved progression-free survival in a randomized phase II study of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), providing clinical evidence of reciprocal activation between the Akt and androgen receptor (AR) pathways. These data revive the rationale for targeting PTEN loss in prostate cancer.<i>See related article by de Bono et al., p. 928</i>.

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