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MSK Scientists Identify New — and Very Common — Subtype of Prostate Cancer

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Hooray for organoids!

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6357axbz

Interesting, good post. Would it take a tissue biopsy to identify this type of PCa in a patient!

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CurrentSEO

Very good info, thank you!

"The scientists found that there are experimental drugs currently being tested in humans that can block the growth of the SCL subtype in laboratory and animal models. They are currently working with several companies to establish a clinical trial of their drugs for people with this subtype of prostate cancer." Any one know name of the drug they are talking about?

Also would be nice to know how it is possible to test for that cancer subtype and where?

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fmenninger in reply to CurrentSEO

not sure.....checkout Dr. Chen's affiliation with this company:

oricpharma.com/pipeline/

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CurrentSEO in reply to fmenninger

Thanks!

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SC19 in reply to CurrentSEO

Thanks for this. How long would the clinical trial take?

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Javelin18

Thanks for the article. I'm wondering how this new class relates to Prostate Stem Cell Antigen (PSCA) expression, since I'm moving forward with the PSCA CAR-T trial at City of Hope. I'm going to see if I can read the Science article at the local university library.

I searched for stem cell-like prostate cancer and found a bunch of articles discussing the similarities of prostate stem cells and prostate cancer cells. Looks like a new area for me to learn about.

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CurrentSEO in reply to Javelin18

Good luck with your treatment!

How did they test you on cancer PSCA expression?

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Javelin18 in reply to CurrentSEO

Thanks. There's an Immunohistochemisyry ( IHC)!stain for the antigen. Mine showed over 85% of the cells in my original biopsy sample expressing it

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CurrentSEO in reply to Javelin18

Thank you!

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KocoPr

Thanks for the article.So is the SCL type not connected to the androgen dependent type ? It seems like the majority of us are all androgen dependent which obviously are the aggressive majority of our cancers. I guess i am wondering if we have both androgen dependent and SCL type.

Oh another good article from the link at MSK is

mskcc.org/news/cryoem-msk-r...

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GreenStreet

Thanks for posting. Very interesting and encouraging long term

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Currumpaw

fmenninger!

It would be interesting if it doesn't like T wouldn't it?

Currumpaw

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Fiddler2004

Looks promising, thanks for the link . 🙏

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Boonster

Very, very exciting. I wonder if once a subtype always the same subtype. We know that androgen-dependent PCa can eventually find a way to get around ADT. As it does, does the androgen dependent PCa become more like SCL? Or at least more vulnerable to SCL treatments under development?

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wagscure259

Thank you for this post, which findings in the future may be transformative for the heavily treated with androgen receptor blockers. As others have asked I was wondering what type of prostatic tissue is required ie just prostate gland or metastasis? As Dr Chen is my MO I will ask him and also inquire what drugs are being considered for clinical trial.

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j-o-h-n

At my age and condition anything word that begins with the prefix "ORGA" sounds good to me.....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 06/12/2022 3:22 PM DST

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