Steroid sidestep: Evading androgen ablation by abiraterone

Nima Sharifi

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Abstract

Tumor mechanisms of abiraterone resistance in clinical prostate cancer are not well defined. Chen and colleagues report that a T878A androgen receptor mutation occurs in a subset of patients progressing while receiving abiraterone, suggesting that this may be a therapeutically exploitable mechanism of abiraterone resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1240-1242
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Cancer Research
Volume21
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 15 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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