Prognostic Biomarkers in Active Surveillance: Parsing Risk in Early Stage Prostate Cancer

Abstract

While a majority of prostate cancers (PCa) remain clinically insignificant, some have the potential to metastasize and become lethal and therefore merit intervention. Thus, identification of men most at risk and most likely to benefit from therapy is a major clinical and public health challenge. Furthermore, identification of phenotypic subtypes amenable to strategies such as immunotherapy could enhance personalized treatment. During this period, we continued to expand our cohort of non-indolent active surveillance (AS) patients in order to provide a comparitor for the relatively quiet copy-number landscape we previously identified in indolent AS patients. We also investigated a novel phenotype of immunogenic localized PCa characterized by an apparent anti-tumor immune response. Finally, we investigated driver mutations in localized PCa and examined how these were affected by metastatic spread and treatment resistance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1173818

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People

  • David J Einstein

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • African Americans
  • Androgen Receptors
  • Biomedical Research
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Blood
  • Cancer
  • Cells
  • Clinical Trials
  • Genetic Structures
  • Genetics
  • Lymphocytes
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Oncology
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Therapy
  • United States

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  • Biology

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  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.
  • Oncology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Cancer Biotech