Apalutamide – 10 clinically important facts

• Authors: Kajetan Juszczak , Tomasz Drewa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Apalutamide belongs to the ARTA group. This drug is a new generation selective androgen receptor inhibitor. Patients with prostate cancer develop resistance to castration testosterone levels over timeduring hormone therapy. Therefore, it is necessary to consider additional therapeutic options based on drugs from the ARTA group. Apalutamide is used in the treatment of patients with non-metastatic as well as metastatic prostate cancer. This article presents the most important clinical facts about apalutamide.

Keywords

EN

CRPC; CSPC; apalutamide; metastatic; nonmetastatic; prostate cancer

Discipline

• MEDICINE: MEDICINE

• Publisher: Medical Education
• Journal: OncoReview
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 85-88

Contributors

author

Kajetan Juszczak

• 1. Department of Urology and Andrology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland. 2. Department of Urology Memorial Rydygier Hospital, Cracow, Poland

author

Tomasz Drewa

• 1. Department of Urology and Andrology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland. 2. Department of General and Oncological Urology, Nicolaus Copernicus Hospital, Torun, Poland

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• Document Type: article