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ReviewCancers2025

Epigenetic Therapies in Endocrine-Related Cancers: Past Insights and Clinical Progress.

Dhruvika Varun, Maria Haque, Jorja Jackson-Oxley, Rachel Thompson, Amber A Kumari, Corinne L Woodcock, Anna E Harris, Srinivasan Madhusudan, Emad Rakha, Catrin S Rutland and 2 more

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Dhruvika VarunSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8364-2994
Maria HaqueSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-9669-2606
Jorja Jackson-OxleySchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0009-0007-1885-6818
Rachel ThompsonSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.
Amber A KumariSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-3851-9794
Corinne L WoodcockSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-0182
Anna E HarrisSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.
Srinivasan MadhusudanBiodiscovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
Emad RakhaBiodiscovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5009-5525
Catrin S RutlandSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2009-4898
Nigel P MonganSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.
Jennie N JeyapalanSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6133-224X

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M008770/1; BB/T008369/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In hormone-dependent cancers, front-line treatment options include surgery and therapies that target hormone dependance. These therapies are effective initially but fail in tumors that recur, develop resistance or present at an advanced stage. Consequently, new therapeutic avenues are urgently needed. Increasing evidence implicates epigenetic modulators in tumor initiation, progression and therapeutic response, making them attractive biomarkers for patient stratification and targets for intervention. Over the past two decades, the discovery and development of small-molecule inhibitors directed against key epigenetic regulators have accelerated. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the major epigenetic targets, the inhibitors developed against them and the clinical trials currently underway in endocrine-related cancers. While epigenetic agents have shown limited benefits as monotherapies, their use in combination regimens is emerging as a strategy to overcome resistance and enhance the efficacy of existing treatments. We summarize the current landscape of combination trials, highlight early signs of clinical activity and discuss the opportunities and challenges inherent in integrating epigenetic drugs into the management of advanced endocrine-related cancers.

Indexed as

breast cancerclinical trialsendometrial cancerovarian cancerpharmacological inhibitorsprostate cancerthyroid cancer

Identifiers

PMID40805121
PMCPMC12345763

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