Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Can androgen receptor levels in the prostate predict non-organ-confined prostate cancer?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology volume 2, pages 368–369 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textRicciardelli C et al. Androgen receptor levels in prostate cancer epithelial and peritumoral stromal cells identify non-organ confined disease. Prostate 63: 19–28

Background

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Feldman BJ and Feldman D (2001) The development of androgen-independent prostate cancer. Nat Rev Cancer 1: 34–45

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Chen CD et al. (2004) Molecular determinants of resistance to antiandrogen therapy. Nat Med 10: 33–39

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Debes JD and Tindall DJ (2004) Mechanisms of androgen-refractory prostate cancer. N Engl J Med 351: 1488–1490

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Li R et al. (2004) High level of androgen receptor is associated with aggressive clinicopathologic features and decreased biochemical recurrence-free survival in prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy. Am J Surg Pathol 28: 928–934

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Ayala et al. (2003) Reactive stroma as a predictor of biochemical-free recurrence in prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res 9: 4792–4801

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Sandra Michelmore, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Professor, and Director of the Division of Clinical Sciences at the University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Head of Urology, Sheffield, UK

    Freddie C Hamdy

Authors
  1. Freddie C Hamdy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Freddie C Hamdy.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hamdy, F. Can androgen receptor levels in the prostate predict non-organ-confined prostate cancer?. Nat Rev Urol 2, 368–369 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0232

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0232

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing