How much emphasis do you place on anti-AR therapy in a patient with metastatic castration resistant prostate adenocarcinoma with progressive neuroendocrine differentiation?
In a patient with a prior response to ADT and progression on taxane and platinum chemotherapy, would you consider AR directed therapy?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
While most prostate cancers are adenocarcinomas, there is a histologic spectrum that includes neuroendocrine and small cell tumors -- with the later typically arising in response to chronic androgen deprivation therapy. Often times we are faced with mixed histologies, which can be challenging to man...