Precision Oncology for Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Translation into Practice.

De Santis, Maria; Mottet, Nicolas; Cornford, Philip; Gillessen, Silke; EAU-EANM-ESTRO-ESUR-SIOG Prostate Cancer Guidelines Panel · Eur Urol · 2020

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Abstract

While the principles of precision medicine have been readily embraced by all stakeholders, multiple conceptional and structural challenges hinder its broad implementation in clinical practice. PROfound provides the highest level of evidence for the use of a poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor in prostate cancer so far. It is an undoubtedly positive trial, but it also clearly shows the complexity of precision oncology for prostate cancer and the challenges of translating genomics into treatment for metastatic castration-resistant disease.

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