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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

The role of neuroendocrine differentiation in treatment resistance of prostate cancer and intervention strategies.

Baozhen Wang, Yanyun Zhang, Wenbo Zhang

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Baozhen WangThe Key Laboratory of Experimental Teratology, Ministry of Education and Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yanyun ZhangDepartment of Party-Masses Work, Zibo Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Zibo, Shandong, China.
Wenbo ZhangDepartment of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in men, and resistance to conventional treatments is frequently encountered in clinical practice. Among the mechanisms contributing to this resistance, neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) is particularly significant. NED does not only change the basic biological characteristics of cancer cells but also is capable of inducing resistance to endocrine therapy and chemotherapy, which impact the overall prognosis negatively. While NED drives prostate cancer progression and treatment resistance, its pathophysiology and the mechanisms underlying its development are still poorly understood, which restricts the availability of effective clinical interventions. Hence, a detailed study on the molecular pathways that cause NED and the role of this phenomenon in therapy resistance will be needed to improve treatment outcomes in prostate cancer. This review delineates the role of NED in mediating therapy resistance in prostate cancer and evaluates current therapeutic interventions, with the aim of informing the development of new treatment strategies for this malignancy.

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CRPCNEPCneuroendocrine differentiationprostate cancerresistance

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PMID41573638
PMCPMC12819271

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