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Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention and Treatment

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 3024

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Dear Colleagues,

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common noncutaneous cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men. Of the nearly 75,000 men yearly undergoing a radical prostatectomy (RP) for localized PCa in the United States, nearly one-third of them will experience recurrent disease following surgery. The treatment decisions for PCa are based exclusively on histological architecture, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, and local disease state. Despite advances in screening for and early detection of PCa, a large percentage of men continue to be diagnosed with metastatic disease, including about 20% of African American men, resulting in a high mortality rate within that population. Because aggressive metastatic lethal PCa is still largely incurable, there is an urgent need for the discovery and development of agents that are efficacious against this disease, in particular castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).

Dr. Clement G. Yedjou
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Keywords

  • prostate cancer
  • chemoprevention
  • treatment

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Prognostic Value of CD1B in Localised Prostate Cancer
by Cheng-Hsueh Lee, Lih-Chyang Chen, Chia-Cheng Yu, Wen-Hsin Lin, Victor C. Lin, Chao-Yuan Huang, Te-Ling Lu, Shu-Pin Huang and Bo-Ying Bao
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(23), 4723; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234723 - 27 Nov 2019
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Cluster of differentiation (CD) antigens are cell surface markers used to differentiate haematopoietic cell types. These antigens are present in various malignancies and are reportedly linked to patient prognosis; however, they have not been implemented as prostate cancer progression markers. Here, we aimed [...] Read more.
Cluster of differentiation (CD) antigens are cell surface markers used to differentiate haematopoietic cell types. These antigens are present in various malignancies and are reportedly linked to patient prognosis; however, they have not been implemented as prostate cancer progression markers. Here, we aimed to assess the impact of genetic variation in haematopoietic cell CD markers on clinical outcomes in patients with prostate cancer. An association study of 458 patients with prostate cancer was conducted to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 11 candidate CD marker genes associated with biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy. Identified predictors were further evaluated in an additional cohort of 185 patients. Joint population analyses showed that CD1B rs3181082 is associated with BCR (adjusted hazard ratio 1.42, 95% confidence interval 1.09–1.85, p = 0.010). In addition, rs3181082 overlapped with predicted transcriptional regulatory elements and affected CD1B expression. Furthermore, low CD1B expression correlated with poorer BCR-free survival. Our results indicated that CD1B rs3181082 confers prostate cancer progression and may help improve clinical prognostic stratification. Full article
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