Genitourinary Cancers

This study tested first-line treatment with cabazitaxel vs hormonal therapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with poor prognosis.

The bar for the standard of care among patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma is set high as various promising combination therapies recently received FDA approval.

This review summarizes the current evidence supporting the use of SBRT as treatment for inoperable renal cell carcinoma, as well as provides recommendations for patient selection and reviews the technical aspects of treatment and the expected toxicities.

This case looks at an otherwise healthy 59-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with clinical stage IVB prostate adenocarcinoma. What is the most appropriate management for this patient?

Analyzing somatic and germline mutations and MSI may reveal clinically actionable mutations in a proportion of patients with advanced RCC.

Researchers looked at the use and effects of 5α-reductase inhibitors to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia on prostate cancer outcomes.

Final results of LATITUDE confirm the benefit of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone along with ADT in high-risk metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Dr. Balar highlights promising evidence on the potential benefits of the use of immunotherapy in the advanced bladder cancer setting.

In this article, we review the current use of and future direction for genetic testing and tumor profiling in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

The clinic educates, evaluates, and guides patients with prostate cancer on available treatments and helps to control associated anxiety.

Telerehabilitation and pharmacological pain management approaches were tested in patients with advanced cancers, including prostate cancer, to see if pain and function could be improved.

Researchers tested the addition of adjuvant chemotherapy to androgen suppression and radiotherapy in patients with localized high-risk prostate cancer.

A recent study in The Lancet Oncology suggests that the benefits of one tyrosine kinase inhibitor may extend to other subtypes of RCC.

The updates to the guidelines reflect recent advances, including recommended immunotherapies and changes in tumor staging.

Updated prostate cancer guidelines reflect the importance of tumor genetic testing and genomically-informed disease management.

Here, we review the current use and future direction of novel therapeutic targets in the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer.

A large Danish registry study looked at the effects of post-diagnosis use of low-dose aspirin on prostate cancer mortality.

Researchers tested the combination of docetaxel and ADT in a phase III randomized trial of patients with high-risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer.

Research presented at ASCO GU 2019 compared PFS with avelumab and axitinib vs sunitinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Researchers found that the HSD3B1 genotype may be a predictive biomarker for the use of certain prostate cancer therapies.

The latest trial results are based on a larger patient population and were reported at the 2019 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

The results of the double-blind, phase III trial were presented at the 2019 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Do race, income level, geographic location, and type of specialist influence treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer?

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reported on the clinical implications of gDDR genes.

A 64-year-old man is diagnosed with primary squamous cell carcinoma within the upper pole calyceal diverticulum of the kidney. What are the best steps of management?