cancers Article Context-Specific Efficacy of Apalutamide Therapy in Preclinical Models of Pten-Deficient Prostate Cancer Marco A. De Velasco 1,2,* , Yurie Kura 1,2, Naomi Ando 1, Noriko Sako 1, Eri Banno 1, Kazutoshi Fujita 1, Masahiro Nozawa 1, Kazuhiro Yoshimura 1 , Kazuko Sakai 2, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa 3, Kazuto Nishio 2 and Hirotsugu Uemura 1,* 1 Department of Urology Kindai, University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama 589-8511, Japan;
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[email protected] (H.U.) Simple Summary: Next-generation antiandrogens have transformed the therapeutic landscape for castration-resistant prostate cancer. Their utility in other indications, such as high-risk castration- sensitive cancers and as combination therapy, are being investigated. Our aim was to profile the in vivo antitumor activity of apalutamide in phenotypically distinct mouse models of Pten-deficient castration-naïve and castration-resistant prostate cancer, using both early- and late-stage disease Citation: De Velasco, M.A.; Kura, Y.; models, and to profile the molecular responses.