Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-Making

Therapy decision-making in prostate cancer has traditionally been limited to clinical, histopathological, and radiological variables that does not take into account the varying biology of prostate cancer manifestations. It is well-known that disease stratification tools we use in our clinics every...

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Main Authors: Antonela Njavro, Jure Murgić, Blanka Jakšić, Marin Prpić, Angela Prgomet Sečan, Dora Franceschi, Marija Miletić, Slaven Ovčariček, Adelina Hrkač, Ivan Šamija, Monika Ulamec, Marijana Jazvić, Pero Bokarica, Igor Tomašković, Ana Fröbe
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author Antonela Njavro
Jure Murgić
Blanka Jakšić
Marin Prpić
Angela Prgomet Sečan
Dora Franceschi
Marija Miletić
Slaven Ovčariček
Adelina Hrkač
Ivan Šamija
Monika Ulamec
Marijana Jazvić
Pero Bokarica
Igor Tomašković
Ana Fröbe
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Blanka Jakšić
Marin Prpić
Angela Prgomet Sečan
Dora Franceschi
Marija Miletić
Slaven Ovčariček
Adelina Hrkač
Ivan Šamija
Monika Ulamec
Marijana Jazvić
Pero Bokarica
Igor Tomašković
Ana Fröbe
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description Therapy decision-making in prostate cancer has traditionally been limited to clinical, histopathological, and radiological variables that does not take into account the varying biology of prostate cancer manifestations. It is well-known that disease stratification tools we use in our clinics every day to customize therapy choices for individual patients with prostate cancer fail to capture and address the wide ranges of observed disease clinical courses. Prostate cancer is characterized by significant intra- and interpatient heterogeneity that makes this disease unique and extremely variable. The advent of affordable next-generation genomic sequencing techniques has allowed the incorporation of these data into clinical research, with enormous potential to aid clinical care in the future. The optimal goal of prostate cancer treatment is to personalize treatment specific to a patient’s unique clinic-genomic phenotypes. We may thus potentially avoid overtreatment in patients harboring less aggressive disease and undertreatment in patients harboring more aggressive disease. Currently, we lack that ability if we rely only on clinical stratification tools such as the NCCN model, CAPRA scoring, and D’Amico classification. It may be the case that prostate cancer genomics hold the key to understanding and predicting the response to crucial treatment modalities in prostate cancer: androgen deprivation therapy, radiotherapy, and next-generation androgen pathway inhibition therapy. Currently, there are many open questions about how to use these therapies optimally in individual patients. In this freeform narrative review, we summarize the literature and current clinical practice of biomarkers in prostate cancer, specifically focusing on genomic tests utilized in radiotherapy management and/or adjunctive therapies given with radiotherapy.
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spelling doaj-art-363af51398f7467580c0b8a682ec9e382025-08-20T02:21:18ZengSestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical ResearchActa Clinica Croatica0353-94661333-94512024-01-0163.Supplement 2717510.20471/acc.2024.63.s2.11Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-MakingAntonela Njavro0Jure Murgić1Blanka Jakšić2Marin Prpić3Angela Prgomet Sečan4Dora Franceschi5Marija Miletić6Slaven Ovčariček7Adelina Hrkač8Ivan Šamija9Monika Ulamec10Marijana Jazvić11Pero Bokarica12Igor Tomašković13Ana Fröbe14Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Urology, Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Urology, Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Immunology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Pathology and Cytology “Ljudevit Jurak”, University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Urology, Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, CroatiaDepartment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaTherapy decision-making in prostate cancer has traditionally been limited to clinical, histopathological, and radiological variables that does not take into account the varying biology of prostate cancer manifestations. It is well-known that disease stratification tools we use in our clinics every day to customize therapy choices for individual patients with prostate cancer fail to capture and address the wide ranges of observed disease clinical courses. Prostate cancer is characterized by significant intra- and interpatient heterogeneity that makes this disease unique and extremely variable. The advent of affordable next-generation genomic sequencing techniques has allowed the incorporation of these data into clinical research, with enormous potential to aid clinical care in the future. The optimal goal of prostate cancer treatment is to personalize treatment specific to a patient’s unique clinic-genomic phenotypes. We may thus potentially avoid overtreatment in patients harboring less aggressive disease and undertreatment in patients harboring more aggressive disease. Currently, we lack that ability if we rely only on clinical stratification tools such as the NCCN model, CAPRA scoring, and D’Amico classification. It may be the case that prostate cancer genomics hold the key to understanding and predicting the response to crucial treatment modalities in prostate cancer: androgen deprivation therapy, radiotherapy, and next-generation androgen pathway inhibition therapy. Currently, there are many open questions about how to use these therapies optimally in individual patients. In this freeform narrative review, we summarize the literature and current clinical practice of biomarkers in prostate cancer, specifically focusing on genomic tests utilized in radiotherapy management and/or adjunctive therapies given with radiotherapy.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/467287BiomarkersProstate cancerRisk stratificationGenomicsRadiotherapyAndrogen deprivation therapy
spellingShingle Antonela Njavro
Jure Murgić
Blanka Jakšić
Marin Prpić
Angela Prgomet Sečan
Dora Franceschi
Marija Miletić
Slaven Ovčariček
Adelina Hrkač
Ivan Šamija
Monika Ulamec
Marijana Jazvić
Pero Bokarica
Igor Tomašković
Ana Fröbe
Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-Making
Acta Clinica Croatica
Biomarkers
Prostate cancer
Risk stratification
Genomics
Radiotherapy
Androgen deprivation therapy
title Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-Making
title_full Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-Making
title_fullStr Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-Making
title_full_unstemmed Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-Making
title_short Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine in Prostate Cancer – Advent of Precision Oncology in (Radio) Therapy Decision-Making
title_sort biomarkers and personalized medicine in prostate cancer advent of precision oncology in radio therapy decision making
topic Biomarkers
Prostate cancer
Risk stratification
Genomics
Radiotherapy
Androgen deprivation therapy
url https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/467287
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