Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the 6 CRPC patients.

From: Single-cell analysis supports a luminal-neuroendocrine transdifferentiation in human prostate cancer

Patient ID

Age

PSA level at diagnosis of Pca (ng/ml)

The Gleason score at diagnosis of Pca

The TNM stage at diagnosis of Pca

First-line therapy

Second-line therapy

Time from treatment start to CRPC (mo)

Time from CRPC to now (mo)

PSA level at present (ng/ml)

The TNM stage at present

Patient #1

82

8.88

4 + 5 = 9

cT2cN0M0

Goserelin, bicalutamide

None

9

0.5

5.85

cT4N0M0

Patient #2

82

56.53

4 + 3 = 7

cT3bN1M0

Goserelin, bicalutamide

None

15.9

3.2

18.57

cT3bN0M0

Patient #3

86

55.16

4 + 4 = 8

cT2cN0M0

Goserelin, bicalutamide

None

15.9

3.7

11.76

cT2cN0M0

Patient #4

78

>149

4 + 3 = 7

cT4N0M0

Bilateral orchidectomy, bicalutamide

Docetaxel, Abiraterone

12.5

18.6

117.95

cT4N0M1

Patient #5

65

15.6

4 + 4 = 8

cT3bN1M1a

Bilateral orchidectomy, bicalutamide

None

27.8

2.6

0.9

cT4N1M1

Patient #6

70

72.72

Small-cell NEPC

cT4N1M1

Docetaxel

None

14.8

3.7

7.18

cT3bN0M1

  1. PSA prostate-specific antigen, Pca prostate cancer, TNM tumor node metastasis, CRPC castration-resistant prostate cancer, NEPC neuroendocrine prostate cancer.