Jens Ceder

Associate researcher

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Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer among men in Sweden. Whereas surgery and/or radiation therapy may cure early disease, no effective therapy exists for advanced PCa today. First-line treatment based on castration/androgen-suppression is initially very effective, however castration treatments are generally short-lived as the disease ultimately progresses to a fatal castration resistant relapsed state, where second-line treatments only are successful in improving the quality of survival.

Evidence is now accumulating to suggest that the resistance of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) to conventional therapies may account for the inability to cure PCa. Understanding the biology behind resistant PCa is of crucial importance if we are to develop new and better treatment regimes. Since CSCs are hypothesized to be responsible for tumour-initiation, metastatic spread, and to cause tumour resistance and relapse, it is logical to try and characterize and target this population of cells – the aim of our research.

Our results open up for the possibility of both basal and androgen-receptor expressing luminal stem-like cells as origin for carcinogenesis and PCa progression, including refractory growth. Targeting this population of cells may prove crucial in our efforts to tackle mechanisms related to resistance and progression in metastatic castration-resistant PCa.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

UKÄ subject classification

  • Cancer and Oncology

Free keywords

  • Prostate
  • Neoplasms
  • Stem cells

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