The current disclosure is centered on the
hypothesis that a better understanding of the neuroendocrine
transdifferentiation (NEtD) process will provide therapeutic targets for inhibiting this transition and thus improving
standard of care therapies. Accordingly, the current disclosure provides for a method for treating
cancer in a subject, the method comprising administering an inhibitor of a
gene, wherein the
gene comprises one or more of
tenascin C (TNC), advillin (AVIL), S100A7, PPARG, LOX
lysyl oxidase, KLF5, APOBEC2, FOSL1, FOXM1,
hedgehog,
RELA, p65, IKK complex, JAK, STAT, TFAP4, geminin, OCA-1, OCA-2, Nf-kB, Nf-kB family and associated regulators,
angiogenesis regulators such as BMX
kinase, TEK
kinase,
periostin (POSTN), and VEGF family, stress genes, such as the JUN / FOS family, a
gene from the S100 family, and
cell state regulators such as ASCL1, POU2F3, NEUROD1, ASCL2, and YAP1.