Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in the reproductive system of older males.Androgen deprivation therapy(ADT)is an important treatment for prostate cancer patients?However,almost all prostate cancer patien...Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in the reproductive system of older males.Androgen deprivation therapy(ADT)is an important treatment for prostate cancer patients?However,almost all prostate cancer patients unavoidably progress to the castration-resistant stage after ADT treatment.Recent studies have shown that tumor-associated immune cells play major roles in the initiation,progression,and metastasis of prostate cancer.Various phenotypes of tumor-associated immune cells have tumor-promoting or antitumor functions mediated by interacting with tumor cells.Here,we review the current knowledge of tumorassociated immune cells in prostate cancer.展开更多
文摘Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in the reproductive system of older males.Androgen deprivation therapy(ADT)is an important treatment for prostate cancer patients?However,almost all prostate cancer patients unavoidably progress to the castration-resistant stage after ADT treatment.Recent studies have shown that tumor-associated immune cells play major roles in the initiation,progression,and metastasis of prostate cancer.Various phenotypes of tumor-associated immune cells have tumor-promoting or antitumor functions mediated by interacting with tumor cells.Here,we review the current knowledge of tumorassociated immune cells in prostate cancer.
