[PDF][PDF] New radiopharmaceutical agents for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer.

L Maffioli, L Florimonte, DC Costa… - Quart J Nuclear Med …, 2015 - researchgate.net
L Maffioli, L Florimonte, DC Costa, JC Castanheira, C Grana, M Luster, L Bodei, M Chinol
Quart J Nuclear Med Molec Imaging, 2015researchgate.net
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the fourth most common cancer worldwide in terms of incidence
and third among male, but is becoming the most common cancer in developed countries. In
many patients the disease will progress despite of castration levels of testosterone, to
become castration-resistant PCa (CRPC). Nearly all patients with CRPC show bone
metastases. The treatment of patients with bony metastases has dramatically changed
during the past three years because of new therapeutic approaches addressed to obtain …
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the fourth most common cancer worldwide in terms of incidence and third among male, but is becoming the most common cancer in developed countries. In many patients the disease will progress despite of castration levels of testosterone, to become castration-resistant PCa (CRPC). Nearly all patients with CRPC show bone metastases. The treatment of patients with bony metastases has dramatically changed during the past three years because of new therapeutic approaches addressed to obtain pain control, reduced skeletal morbidity, and most importantly, increased survival rate. A possible therapy can be based also on the use of radiopharmaceuticals systemically administered to slow or reverse the bone metastatic progression. In facts bone-homing radiopharmaceuticals are taken up in areas of high bone turnover, including areas with high osteoblastic activity. Recently, a bone targeting radiopharmaceutical, Radium-223 dichloride was added to this group of drugs clearly representing a new generation of radiopharmaceutical in bone therapy. Clinical trials had shown that the treatment with Ra-223 allowed the reduction of the risk of death respect to placebo. No other radiometabolic treatment achieved such result, evidentiating the disease-modifying properties of this bone-homing radiopharmaceutical. In an effort to treat patients with disseminated PCa, who became resistant to hormonal therapy, molecular targets have been recently identified. Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is one attractive target for diagnosis and therapy of metastasized PCa since its expression levels are directly correlated to androgen independence, metastasis, and progression. Gastrin-releasing peptide receptors (GRPr) are also highly overexpressed in PCa. Numerous studies suggest the possibility of a
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