Platinum sensitivity in metastatic prostate cancer: does histology matter?
Michael S HumeniukRajan T GuptaPatrick HealyMegan McNamaraSundhar RamalingamMichael HarrisonDaniel GeorgeTian ZhangYuan WuAndrew J ArmstrongPublished in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2017)
This study suggests that NEPC histology enriches for platinum sensitivity, but that an important minority group (20-30%) of men with adenocarcinoma have a clinical benefit with platinum-based chemotherapy. Molecular predictors, such as germline or somatic mutations in DNA repair enzymes, should be evaluated for platinum responsiveness.