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Treatment of the primary tumor in metastatic prostate cancer.

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The existing data evaluatingPrimary tumor therapy for patients with metastatic prostate cancer is reviewed and ongoing clinical trials testing the hypothesis that primary tumor therapy may benefit patients with prostate cancer are described.
Abstract
The cornerstone of treatment for metastatic prostate cancer patients has been conventional androgen deprivation therapy, with additional systemic therapy initiated only after castration resistance, and local therapy reserved for palliation. Compelling results from modern trials challenge this paradigm, arguing for initiating escalated hormone therapy and/or chemotherapy during the castration-sensitive disease state for many patients. Furthermore, modern radiotherapy techniques allow for local control of disease with low risk of toxicity. Finally, new PET probes with enhanced sensitivity and accuracy are likely to become a part of routine staging and will lead to an increased incidence of patients with metastatic disease at presentation, with a shift toward identification of patients with limited metastatic disease. As such, the landscape is primed for investigations aimed to explore the role of primary tumor therapy for patients with metastatic prostate cancer. We review the existing data evaluating primary tumor therapy for patients with metastatic prostate cancer and describe ongoing clinical trials testing the hypothesis that primary tumor therapy may benefit patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

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Loss of testosterone impairs anti-tumor neutrophil function.

TL;DR: It is shown that in castrated male mice, neutrophil maturation and function are impaired, leading to elevated metastatic burden in two models of melanoma, and the aberrant neutrophIL phenotype was also observed in prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy, highlighting the evolutionary conservation and clinical relevance of the phenotype.
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Navigating systemic therapy for metastatic castration-naïve prostate cancer

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Studies on prostatic cancer: I. The effect of castration, of estrogen and of androgen injection on serum phosphatases in metastatic carcinoma of the prostate

TL;DR: Gutman et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that the acid phosphatase of serum is reduced in metastatic carcinoma of the prostate by decreasing the activity of androgens through castration or estrogenic injections and that this enzyme is increased by injecting androgens.
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ESMO consensus guidelines for the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

TL;DR: These ESMO consensus guidelines have been developed based on the current available evidence to provide a series of evidence-based recommendations to assist in the treatment and management of patients with mCRC in this rapidly evolving treatment setting.
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Survival Effect of Maximal Cytoreductive Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma During the Platinum Era: A Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: There was a statistically significant positive correlation between percent maximal cytoreduction and log median survival time, and this correlation remained significant after controlling for all other variables.
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