Maintenance of intratumoral androgens in metastatic prostate cancer: a mechanism for castration-resistant tumor growth.

@article{Montgomery2008MaintenanceOI,
  title={Maintenance of intratumoral androgens in metastatic prostate cancer: a mechanism for castration-resistant tumor growth.},
  author={Robert B. Montgomery and Elahe A. Mostaghel and Robert L. Vessella and David L. Hess and Thomas F. Kalhorn and Celestia S. Higano and Lawrence D. True and Peter S. Nelson},
  journal={Cancer research},
  year={2008},
  volume={68 11},
  pages={
          4447-54
        }
}
Therapy for advanced prostate cancer centers on suppressing systemic androgens and blocking activation of the androgen receptor (AR). Despite anorchid serum androgen levels, nearly all patients develop castration-resistant disease. We hypothesized that ongoing steroidogenesis within prostate tumors and the maintenance of intratumoral androgens may contribute to castration-resistant growth. Using mass spectrometry and quantitative reverse transcription-PCR, we evaluated androgen levels and… 
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