Brain metastases from prostate cancer: an emerging clinical problem with implications for the future therapeutic scenario

Future Oncol. 2012 Dec;8(12):1585-95. doi: 10.2217/fon.12.156.

Abstract

Brain metastases from prostate cancer (PC) seem to be more frequent than in the past, possibly because advances in the treatment of patients with castration-resistant PC have prolonged their survival. Furthermore, docetaxel (the drug of choice for the first-line treatment of castration-resistant PC) cannot cross the blood-brain barrier and control metastatic foci. However, this problem may be overcome by new active drugs such as cabazitaxel.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / drug effects*
  • Brain Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Docetaxel
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / mortality
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Taxoids / pharmacology
  • Taxoids / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Taxoids
  • Docetaxel
  • cabazitaxel