2000
Androgen deprivation and four courses of fixed-schedule suramin treatment in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer: A Southwest Oncology Group Study.
Hussain M, Fisher E, Petrylak D, O’Connor J, Wood D, Small E, Eisenberger M, Crawford E. Androgen deprivation and four courses of fixed-schedule suramin treatment in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer: A Southwest Oncology Group Study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2000, 18: 1043-9. PMID: 10694555, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2000.18.5.1043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic prostate cancerAndrogen deprivationProstate cancerTreatment interruptionGrade 3Southwest Oncology Group studyCombination of suraminTherapy-related deathsGrade 4 toxicityCooperative group settingTreatment of patientsNumber of patientsFeasibility of treatmentAdequate hematologicOverall survivalCoagulation parametersDisease progressionSuramin treatmentPatientsSecond courseTreatment cyclesMultiple coursesCancerSuraminSuch treatment
1995
Changing pattern of expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor and transforming growth factor alpha in the progression of prostatic neoplasms.
Scher H, Sarkis A, Reuter V, Cohen D, Netto G, Petrylak D, Lianes P, Fuks Z, Mendelsohn J, Cordon-Cardo C. Changing pattern of expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor and transforming growth factor alpha in the progression of prostatic neoplasms. Clinical Cancer Research 1995, 1: 545-50. PMID: 9816014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorTGF-alpha expressionTGF-alphaGrowth factor alphaGrowth factor receptorFactor alphaPattern of expressionEpithelial cellsProstate cancer cell growthAutocrine/paracrine interactionsStaining patternRole of EGFRAndrogen-independent tumorsFactor receptorUntreated primary tumorsMalignant prostate epithelial cellsAndrogen-independent diseaseImmunohistochemical staining patternHomogeneous staining patternProstate cancer progressionMalignant epithelial cellsPrimary prostate tumorsCancer cell growthAndrogen-independent conditionGrowth factor pathways