VEGF Inhibitors and Prostate Cancer Therapy

Title: VEGF Inhibitors and Prostate Cancer Therapy

Volume: 2

Author(s): Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching and William L. Dahut

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Keywords: Angiogenesis, Prostate Cancer, Bevacizumab, Thalidomide, Lenalidomide, AZD2171, Sorafenib

Abstract: Prostate cancer remains the most common non-cutaneous malignancy among American men. Since the advent of PSA testing, most men are diagnosed with localized disease, but a proportion of men will be diagnosed with metastatic disease, many will eventually receive chemotherapy with docetaxel and prednisone. However, responses are not durable and all men will ultimately progress on this treatment. As such, continued efforts are geared towards the discovery of new agents and mechanisms of targeting prostate cancer. Angiogenesis has been shown to play an important role in tumorigenesis, proliferation and metastasis in prostate cancer. Here we discuss the major angiogenic signaling pathway involving VEGF in prostate cancer progression, and the role of various promising agents that targeting this pathway. This includes bevacizumab, thalidomide and its analogs, tyrosine kinase inhibitors sorafenib and AZD2171, and other inhibitors of angiogenic signaling pathways. Results of key clinical trials associated with the use of these agents and future directions are discussed herein.

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Aragon-Ching B. Jeanny and Dahut L. William, VEGF Inhibitors and Prostate Cancer Therapy, Current Molecular Pharmacology 2009; 2 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874467210902020161