Novel Target Opportunities in Non-Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer

• Main Authors: Stephanie Gleicher, Baylee A. Porter, Disharee Nath, Guanqun Li, Rakesh Khanna, Hanan Goldberg, Marcin Kortylewski, Gennady Bratslavsky, Leszek Kotula
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
• Series: Cancers
• Subjects: prostate cancer; castrate resistance; non-metastatic CRPC; clinical trial; epithelial mesenchymal transition; STAT3
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/10/2426

Nearly one third of men will incur biochemical recurrence after treatment for localized prostate cancer. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the therapeutic mainstay; however, some patients will transition to a castrate resistant state (castrate resistant prostate cancer, CRPC). Subjects with CRPC may develop symptomatic metastatic disease (mCRPC) and incur mortality several years later. Prior to metastatic disease, however, men acquire non-metastatic CRPC (nmCRPC) which lends the unique opportunity for intervention to delay disease progression and symptoms. This review addresses current therapies for nmCRPC, as well as novel therapeutics and pathway strategies targeting men with nmCRPC.