THE PLACE OF ENZALUTAMIDE IN THE SERIAL TREATMENT OF TREATMENT-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER

Abstract

Prostate cancer initially responds to androgen-deprivation therapy, but most patients eventually develop a castration-resistant form of disease. Enzalutamid is the superselective inhibitor of the androgen receptor (AR), which blocks several stages of the AR signal path. The drug showed significant effectiveness in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (MCRPC) in both the first line therapy and the second line therapy after the previous cytotoxic therapy of Docetaxel. To ensure optimum treatment, it is important to understand the impact of Enzalutamide in the context of other therapies, as recent studies have shown that cross-resistance occurs between and within classes of drugs. Mutations and AR splice-variants also affect prostate cancer. Future treatment strategies, including enzalutamide, should take into account the previous level of exposure to taxanes or anti-androgen therapy and the existence of variants of AR that may affect efficiency.

Keywords

• metastatic cancer
• enzalutamide
• abiraterone acetate
• castration resistance