Several novel therapeutic agents have demonstrated improvement of overall survival and further patient relevant endpoints in the setting of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Nevertheless, two questions have become increasingly relevant: are there any prognostic or predictive markers that could ease clinical decision-making using risk stratification and risk-adapted treatment in order to provide a benefit for the patient? Furthermore, against the background of increasing possibilities of therapy sequencing in clinical practice and in the clinical trial landscape in castration-resistant prostate cancer, does an isolated evaluation of overall survival reliably mirror the benefit attributable to a single compound? To address both these questions, suitable parameters serving as surrogates for intermediate and long-term endpoints and reflecting individual benefit, respectively, need to be identified and proven.
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Aziz A, Kempkensteffen C, May M, Lebentrau S, Burger M, Chun FK, Brookman-May S. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Reference: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2015 Jun;15(6):649-66.
doi: 10.1586/14737140.2015.1038247
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PMID: 25905802