173 results about "Prostate tumors" patented technology

The invention provides a novel prostate cell-surface antigen, designated Prostate Stem Cell Antigen (PSCA), which is widely over-expressed across all stages of prostate cancer, including high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), androgen-dependent and androgen-independent prostate tumors.

A novel prostate tumor associated gene (designated 24P4C12) and its encoded protein is described. 24P4C12 is highly expressed in prostate tissue xenografts, providing evidence that it is turned on in at least some prostate cancers. 24P4C12 provides a diagnostic and / or therapeutic target for prostate and other cancers.

New and improved compounds for use in diagnostic imaging or therapy having the formula M-N—O—P-G, wherein M is a metal chelator having the structure: wherein R1-R5 and FG are as defined herein (in the form complexed with a metal radionuclide or not), N—O—P is the linker containing at least one non-alpha amino acid with a cyclic group, at least one substituted bile acid or at least one non-alpha amino acid, and G is the GRP receptor targeting peptide. In the preferred embodiment, M is an Aazta metal chelator or a derivative thereof. Methods for imaging a patient and / or providing radiotherapy or phototherapy to a patient using the compounds of the invention are also provided. Methods and kits for preparing a diagnostic imaging agent from the compound is further provided. Methods and kits for preparing a radiotherapeutic agent are further provided. Novel methods of treating prostate tumors or of delaying the progression of prostate tumors are also provided, including, methods of treating bone or soft tissue metastases of prostate cancer, methods for treating hormone sensitive and hormone refractory prostate cancer, methods for delaying the progression of hormone sensitive prostate cancer, for facilitating combination therapy in patients with hormone sensitive prostate cancer and for decreasing aberrant vascular permeability in patients with hormone sensitive prostate cancer.

The present invention includes using optical spectroscopy as an innovative technique for ex-vivo demonstration of renal and prostate tumors. The apparatus and methods disclosed herein demonstrate the ability of optical spectroscopy to reliably differentiate tumor from normal tissue in renal specimens.

Compounds and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors, including breast and prostate tumors and metastases thereof using radiolabelled peptides that bind to GRP receptors. The peptides are Bombesin analogs wherein the first and optionally the third amino acid are modified.

This invention provides novel prostate cancer specific internalizing human antibodies. The antibodies are useful by themselves to prevent growth and / or proliferation of prostate cancer cells. The antibodies can also be formulated as chimeric molecules to direct an effector (e.g. a cytotoxin, an imaging reagent, a drug, etc.) to a prostate tumor site.

The present invention relates to chemically modified genomic sequences, to oligonucleotides and / or PNA-oligomers for detecting the cytosine methylation state of genomic DNA, as well as to a method for ascertaining genetic and / or epigenetic parameters of genes for use in characterisation, classification, differentiation, diagnosis and therapy of prostate lesions.

The present invention is directed to specific chromosomal rearrangements that are associated with prostate tumors that respond to compounds acting at estrogen receptors. Patients having the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, may be treated with agonists of the estrogen beta receptor or antagonists of the estrogen alpha receptor.

The invention relates to a combination therapy for the treatment of tumors and tumor metastases, preferably breast and prostate tumors, comprising administration of anti-EGFR (Her1) antibodies and anti-hormonal agents, optionally together with cytotoxic / chemotherapeutic agent. The method and the pharmaceutical compositions comprising said agents can result in a synergistic potentiation of the tumor cell proliferation inhibition effect of each individual therapeutic agent, yielding more effective treatment than found by administering an individual component alone.

Novel pyrazolopyrimidines of formula (I): are discussed. These pyrazolopyrimidines are capable of inhibiting the activity of cyclin-dependent kinases, most particularly cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1), cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2), and cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4) and are thus useful, inter alia, in the treatment or control of cancer, in particular solid tumors. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to methods of treating or controlling cancer, most particularly the treatment or control of breast, lung, colon and prostate tumors.

The invention provides an immunogenic composition comprising a GnRH multimer and an antigenic carrier, an immunogenic composition comprising a recombinant vector containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a GnRH multimer and optionally an antigenic carrier, antibodies elicited by the immunogenic compositions, and methods of using the immunogenic compositions and antibodies for modifying sexual physiology and behavior, improving the organoleptic properties of meat, and treating androgen-dependent prostate tumors and GnRH-sensitive ovarian tumors.

The invention provides antibodies targeted at a tumor antigen prevalent on prostate tumors and methods useful in alleviating cancers expressing the antigen, as well as nucleic acids and cells for expressing the antibodies.

Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, such as prostate cancer, are disclosed. Compositions may comprise one or more prostate tumor proteins, immunogenic portions thereof, or polynucleotides that encode such portions. Alternatively, a therapeutic composition may comprise an antigen presenting cell that expresses a prostate tumor protein, or a T cell that is specific for cells expressing such a protein. Such compositions may be used, for example, for the prevention and treatment of diseases such as prostate cancer. Diagnostic methods based on detecting a prostate tumor protein, or mRNA encoding such a protein, in a sample are also provided.

The method for discriminating between benign and malignant prostate tumors relates to analyzing samples of blood, urine and tissue by fluorescence spectroscopy in order to detect the presence of naturally occurring molecules in the fluids and tissue that serve as biomarkers indicative of cancer in the human body. The analysis can be carried out based on fluorescence emission spectra, fluorescence excitation spectra and synchronous (emission and excitation) spectra of bio-samples. The detection, diagnosis, and follow-up and also discrimination between malignant and benign prostate tumors may be made by comparison of ratios of fluorescence emissions and / or excitation intensities of tryptophan, tyrosine, elastin, collagen, bile pigments, NADH, flavins and various species of porphyrins.

The invention belongs to the field of prostate disease medical equipment and particularly relates to a method for improving a prostate tumor MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) image identification rate based on a CAD (Computer-Aided Diagnosis) system. The method comprises the following steps: (1) collecting an MRI image of a prostate patient; (2) extracting MRI prostate tumor ROI region features; (3) carrying out feature-grade fusion on the ROI region features; and (4) identifying the fused features by classification through taking a neural network as a classification device. By virtue of the method, the capabilities of identifying the prostate benign and malignant tumors are at least improved by 10%, and the method has active meanings on the CAD of the MRI prostate tumors.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a prostate tumor marker immunosensor. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving silver-hybridized NH2-MCM-48 into a phosphate buffered solution, uniformly dispersing in an ultrasonic mode, further adding a prostate specific antigen second antibody, oscillating at the temperature of 4 DEG C, centrifuging to remove the supernate to obtain a second antibody marker Ag@NH2-MCM-48 / Ab2; (2) firstly, modifying the surface of a glassy carbon electrode as a working electrode by using an amino graphene-ferrocenecarboxaldehyde composite material solution, subsequently modifying by using glutaraldehyde, further modifying by using a prostate specific antigen-anti-solution, dropping a bovine serum albumin solution, continuously modifying prostate specific antigen, and finally modifying Ag@NH2-MCM-48 / Ab1 so as to obtain the prostate tumor marker immunosensor. The immunosensor prepared by using the preparation method is applied to measurement on the prostate specific antigen, and is high in sensitivity and good in specificity.

Compositions comprising a tissue vaccine that include a mixture of heterogeneous tissue obtained from tumors and connective tissues. Vaccines comprising these compositions are also provided, as well as methods of using the vaccines in the treatment and / or inhibition of tumor growth, and particularly prostate tumor growth and cancers. The preparations may be defined as vaccines comprising tumor cells and connective (stromal) tissues derived from xenogeneic animals. Preparations comprising the tissue vaccines are provided using tissue harvested directly from tumors. Methods for preventing de novo development of cancer are also disclosed. A tissue vaccine comprising glutaraldehyde-(GFT) treated tissue prepared from tumor and connective tissue reduces the incidence of autochthonous prostate cancer. A tissue vaccine comprising a potassium thiocyanate extract (PTE) preparation of a tumor and connective tissue is also provided. The tissue vaccines are demonstrated to reduce the incidence of autochthonous prostate cancer.

Compositions and a method are provided for the treatment of prostate and other endocrine tumors in mammals, including humans, by administration of an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) which is complementary to a portion of the gene encoding IGFBP-2. Using the Shionogi tumor model in vitro and in vivo, the administration of such an ODN was shown to reduce proliferation of tumor cells, and also to delay the progression to androgen independence. Thus, treatment of prostate and other hormone-regulated cancer in mammals, including humans, and delay of the progression of prostate tumors to androgen independence is accomplished by administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide which is complementary to a portion of the nucleic acid sequence encoding IGFBP-2 and which reduces the amount of IGFBP-2 in the treated cells.

The invention relates to colon and prostate tumor associated antigen peptides obtainable from prostate specific G protein-coupled receptor (PSGR), six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate (STEAP) and proteins encoded by genes found overexpressed in colon carcinoma cells, such as human 1-8D interferon induced transmembrane protein 2. The invention further relates to a polynucleotide encoding the tumor associated antigen peptides and to pharmaceutical compositions, which are preferably anti-tumor vaccine compositions, containing a tumor associated antigen, at least one tumor associated antigen peptide thereof, or encoding polynucleotide thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical compositions can be administered to a patient in need thereof to treat or inhibit the development of colon or prostate cancer.

Compounds and methods for diagnosing prostate cancer are provided. The inventive compounds include polypeptides containing at least a portion of a prostate tumor protein. The inventive polypeptides may be used to generate antibodies useful for the diagnosis and monitoring of prostate cancer. Nucleic acid sequences for preparing probes, primers, and polypeptides are also provided.

Provided are methods of inhibiting CYP17 in a mammal, such as a human, that include administering an effective amount of at least one CYP17 inhibitor, such as VN / 124-1, VN / 125-1, VN / 85-1, VN / 87-1 and / or VN / 108-1 to the mammal. Also provided are methods of down regulating androgen receptor (AR) protein expression and methods of antagonizing AR in a mammal that include administering to the mammal an effective amount of at least one active ingredient selected from VN / 124-1, VN / 125-1, VN / 85-1, VN / 87-1 and VN / 108-1. Also provided are methods of treating prostate cancer and methods of suppressing or preventing prostate tumor growth by administering such compounds to a mammal.

The invention provides methods for detecting abnormal prostate conditions, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), and adenocarcinoma, in an animal by comparing the amount of the Breast Tumor Kinase (BRK) tyrosine kinase in the nuclei of prostate luminal epithelial cells in a test sample with an amount of nuclear BRK protein in epithelial cells of normal prostate glands.