Prostate Cancer

All patients with platinum-resistant, small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer who responded to treatment with BXCL701 plus pembrolizumab were microsatellite stable and/or tumor mutational burden–low with a low probability of response to pembrolizumab.

Data from a phase 2 placebo-controlled trial may support darolutamide switch maintenance therapy following at least 1 androgen receptor pathway inhibitor and taxane chemotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Investigators report that pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide and androgen deprivation therapy does not significantly improve outcomes in castration-resistant prostate cancer; neither did pembrolizumab/chemotherapy in non–small cell lung cancer.

Patients with BRCA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer may benefit from treatment with niraparib plus dual action abiraterone acetate tablets and prednisone, a new drug application for which was submitted to the FDA.

Medical oncologist Joelle Hamilton, MD, reflects on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk while managing prostate cancer in patients.

Direct insight from a cardiologist on the advent of cardiovascular risk when treating a patient for prostate cancer.

Rucaparib yields improved efficacy compared with docetaxel plus androgen receptor pathway inhibitors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer harboring BRCA mutations.

Investigators observe low rates of treatment discontinuation and adverse effects with radium-223 as treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastases.

Niraparib plus abiraterone and prednisone continue to improve outcomes among patients with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer and HRR gene alterations, according to interim data from the MAGNITUDE study.

Long-term safety data from the phase 3 ARAMIS rollover trial support the use of darolutamide in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to an expert from the Carolina Urologic Research Center.

In a final overall survival analysis of the phase 3 PROpel study, abiraterone actetate/olaparib demonstrates a sustained trend toward overall survival for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer vs standard-of-care abiraterone.

Findings from the phase 3 ARASENS trial indicate that darolutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy and docetaxel should be considered a new standard of care for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Treatment with talazoparib and enzalutamide appears to yield a statistically significant and clinically meaningful radiographic progression-free survival benefit compared with placebo/enzalutamide in frontline metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer regardless of homologous recombination repair status.

Expert perspectives on strategies to optimize communication, both between healthcare professionals and with patients who present with prostate cancer.

Cardiologist Anees A. Daud, MD, breaks down the typical patient with prostate cancer seen at his practice.

Urologist David Morris, MD, FACS, defines the typical patient with prostate cancer treated at his practice.

Oncologist Joelle Hamilton, MD, shares her perspective on the typical patient with prostate cancer seen at her institution.

Centering focus on a patient case of cardiovascular risk and prostate cancer, experts share their perspective on management strategies.

Comprehensive insight regarding strategies to mitigate cardiovascular risk in patients on therapy for prostate cancer.

Shared insight on a timeline of clinical studies contextualizing cardiovascular disease in the setting of prostate cancer management.

Expert perspectives on the risk of cardiovascular disease as it exists in the context of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and prostate cancer.

Treatment with 177Lu-PSMA-617 results in similar survival benefit regardless of when it was administered after radium-223 in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to an expert from University Hospital of Münster in Germany.

Darolutamide produces a lower rate of discontinuation compared with enzalutamide or apalutamide among patients with non-metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer.

During the 2022 Society for Urologic Oncology (SUO) Annual Meeting, an expert from the Baylor College of Medicine, discussed how perceptions around the use of testosterone therapy have evolved for patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

Adding the investigational oral drug BXCL701 to pembrolizumab appears effective in small cell neuroendocrine metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, a rare and aggressive disease.

Patients with metastatic prostate cancer and dysphagia or difficulty swallowing may benefit from TAVT-45 compared with abiraterone acetate tablets.

Investigators have observed that treatment with bipolar androgen therapy has suppressed at least one oncogene in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer who derived a response to therapy.

18F-sodium fluoride PET-CT appeared to be a more accurate identifier of bone metastases in patients with breast and prostate cancer than the standard SPECT method.

Olaparib in combination with abiraterone and prednisone or prednisolone alone has been approved as treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in the European Union.

177Lu vipivotide tetraxetan becomes first targeted radioligand treatment approved by the European Commission for prostate-specific membrane antigen–positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.