Genitourinary Cancers

Experts highlight methods for optimally treating patients with genitourinary cancers harboring variant histologies at World GU 2025.

At World GU 2025, experts discussed forming treatment strategies for patients with variant histologies across prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer.

A manageable safety profile was observed across 2 expansion doses of the combination in urothelial cancer, consistent with known adverse effects of both drugs.

Changes in FKSI-15 scores from baseline indicated more favorable HRQOL outcomes with the benmelstobart combo vs sunitinib in advanced ccRCC.

External validation will be assessed in cohort 2 of the AURORAX-0087A trial to improve recurrence detection for clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Discover key takeaways on tumor markers, the BEP vs. EP debate, and the role of surgery in stage II testicular cancer.

Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer with a positive Signatera test displayed a significant improvement in disease-free and overall survival.

Adverse reactions in the phase 3 ENVISION trial were largely mild to moderate in severity, and serious reactions occurred in 12% of those with NMIBC.

The FDA did not expand the indication to include patients with non–homologous recombination repair gene mutated castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Considering which non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer cases may be cured by surgery alone may help mitigate overtreatment in this patient group.

A machine learning-based approach found that evaluating multiple biomarker features may identify outcomes and treatment resistance in renal cell carcinoma.

The addition of CAN-2409 to a prodrug and radiation therapy in intermediate-to-high-risk prostate cancer significantly improved cancer-specific outcomes.

Efficacy and safety outcomes in the phase 3 CONTACT-03 study were consistent regardless of patients' prior immunotherapy or tyrosine kinase inhibitor use.

Eight votes were cast against the favorability of talazoparib and enzalutamide in the first-line setting for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Manojkumar Bupathi, MD, MS, and Benjamin Garmezy, MD, highlight exciting trials in the genitourinary cancer space expected to be presented at 2025 ASCO.

Data from the LITESPARK-015 trial supported the FDA’s decision to approve belzutifan monotherapy in patients with advanced, unresectable, or metastatic PPGL.

Data from the POTOMAC trial evaluating durvalumab in NMIBC will be presented at a future medical meeting and shared with global regulatory authorities.

No 90-day mortality was observed among patients who were treated with EVP followed by surgery for advanced urothelial cancer.

Complete response rates were observed consistently across patient subgroups in those with high-risk BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Chemoradiotherapy resulted in lower incidence of local progression, prompting an evaluation of resectability in patients with advanced gallbladder cancers.

James B. Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, didn’t always envision himself as a radiation oncologist, but now works tirelessly to treat patients and advance research for genitourinary cancers.

Data presented at 2025 ASCO GU reinforce the use of agents like nivolumab, cabozantinib, and darolutamide across different genitourinary malignancies.

The phase 2 EPIC trial assessing patients with penile carcinoma met its primary end point of clinical benefit rate, with the lower bound of the confidence interval exceeding the null hypothesis limit.

New data from a small retrospective analysis showed activity with enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab in UTUC lesions.