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SUBMITTER: Savelli G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5649877 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Savelli Giordano G Muni Alfredo A Barbieri Roberto R Valmadre Giuseppe G Biasiotto Giorgio G Minari Chiara C Ghimenton Claudio C Pagani Renato R Pecini Elisa E Falcone Matteo M
World journal of oncology 20140401 2
Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in men. This neoplasm has usually excellent prognosis, mostly consequent to the early diagnosis and the effective hormonal therapy. However, significant percentages of patients treated with total androgen blockade therapy, escape to treatment and evolve toward a more aggressive type of cancer. This clinical entity, named castration-resistant prostate cancer, has few and less effective therapeutic opportunities. Therefore, any additio ...[more]