Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia The Prostate Gland The prostate is a gland found in men. It is situated just below the bladder or in front of the large part of the rectum. It wraps around the part of the urethra that passes urine and semen out of the body. What is Prostate Cancer? Prostate cancer […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Prostate cancer growth (PCa) is the most common disease after skin disease and the subsequent driving reason for cancer death in men. Androgen receptor (AR) flagging is fundamental for PCa cell development and endurance. Hence, androgen development treatment (ADT) is the standard treatment for advanced/metastatic PCa. Notwithstanding, patients unavoidably […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Cells often manifest reversible changes in their properties and phenotypes which is known as cellular plasticity. This is also termed lineage plasticity or lineage switching. Cancer cells use this phenomenon to adapt to stressful conditions and this leads to cancer progression. Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an aggressive variant of […]
Anwesha Chatterjee, Amity University Kolkata The novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) infection which is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic is expecting an adverse effect on the progression of multiple cancers, i.e. prostate cancer, due to the transpiring cytokine storm associated with oncogenic signalling. Cancer progression can be prevented at an early stage by blocking SARS-COV-2 infection […]
Aishila Kar,Amity University Kolkata An important poor prognostic factor of prostate cancer (PC), visceral metastasis (VM), is not commonly observed in castration sensitive progression but continuously seen after castration-resistant progression. Still, the site, timing of appearance, and incidence of VM in castration-resistant patients have not yet been fully explained. At Kanazawa University Hospital, demographic, surgical, […]
