Tag Archives: prostate cancer

BET Bromodomain Inhibition in Prostate Cancer Treatment

BET bromodomain inhibitors are epigenetic regulators that act by repressing expression of oncogenes, including MYC and BCL-2, that are aberrantly highly expressed in many cancer cells, resulting in inhibited cell proliferation and induction of apoptotic cell death. Continue reading

Prostate Cancer Genetic Map Unveiled

Researchers have identified a handful of mutations in patients with advanced prostate cancer for which therapeutics are already available, or in development. The genomes of 150 patients with metastatic (Stage 4) hormone-resistant disease were analyzed in order to develop a precision medicine framework for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Continue reading

Obesity soon to replace tobacco as the number one preventable / treatable cause of cancer

“Obesity is on its way to replacing tobacco as the number one preventable / modifiable cause of cancer,” says Clifford Hudis, MD, the 2013-2014 President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Indeed, obese post-menopausal women have up to twice the risk of developing breast cancer as do their normal weight counterparts. Continue reading

Genentech Acquires Seragon – Selective Estrogen Receptor Degraders for breast cancer

Roche /Genentech announced that it acquired a company called Seragon for its new class of compound – SERD (selective Estrogen Receptor Degraders).  Blocking estrogen production (aromatse inhibitors) and the binding to the estrogen receptor (tamoxifen) are mainstays of treatment for patients with ER (estrogen receptor) and PR (progesterone receptor) positive breast cancer.  However, patients relapse subsequent to treatment with these agents. Continue reading