The Clinical Development of Thalildomide as an Angiogenesis Inhibitor Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the understanding of key factors that regulate the cell-cell interaction in the context of the microenvironment of prostate cancer. This includes technical advances in getting information from small amounts of tissue to forward understanding of the molecular determinants of progression. We have developed tissue micro arrays (TMAs), and stained them for candidate factors implicated in stromal epithelial interaction and have demonstrated that they are expressed in the context of Thalidomide treated patients. This information will be used to compare these results to the expression patterns in similar prostate cancers not exposed to Thalidomide. We are requesting a no-cost extension of 6 months to allow completion of the planned studies. A formal letter will be sent separately.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA454836

Entities

People

  • Christopher J. Logothetis

Organizations

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angiogenesis
  • Biological Factors
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Cancer
  • Cells
  • Data Analysis
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Growth Factors
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Proteins
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Tissues
  • Toxicity

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.