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ea0042p17 | (1) | Androgens2016

Next generation sequencing panels to predict response to hormonal therapy in prostate cancer

Kallio Heini M L , Annala Matti , Brofeldt Anniina , Hieta Reija , Kivinummi Kati , Tammela Teuvo , Nykter Matti , Lilja Hans G , Bova G Steven , Visakorpi Tapio

Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common malignancy and third most common cause of cancer-related death among men in Europe. Although most PCs grow slowly, 20–25% of the patients believed to have organ-confined disease will experience biochemical recurrence already during 5-years of follow-up. The standard treatment against advanced PC is androgen deprivation (ADT). Unfortunately, androgen deprivation treatment eventually fails leading to the emergence of castration resist...