Prostate Cancer

Jun Gong, MD, gives his perspective on a review article published in ONCOLOGY about the necessary relationship between medical oncologists and genetic counselors to help treat patients with prostate cancer.

Results of multiple studies have shown that a proportion of men with advanced prostate cancer carry germline DNA damage repair mutations. This article summarizes recommendations for germline testing in prostate cancer and describes care models for providing counseling and testing.

Brian Helfand, MD, PhD, and Steven Finkelstein, MD, FACRO, discussed the phase 2/3 EMPIRE-1 trial focusing on 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT imaging versus conventional imaging to guide postprostatectomy salvage radiotherapy for patients with prostate cancer.

Scott Tagawa, MD, MS, detailed 2 presentations from ESMO’s presidential symposium that he thinks will have an impact on treating patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Alicia Morgans MD, MPH, at the 2021 European Society for Medical Oncology to talk survival and progression outcomes from the CARD trial in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

An expert oncologist discusses the biomarker testing targets in metastatic prostate cancer.

Oliver Sartor, MD, describes the different tests routinely ordered for metastatic prostate cancer.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Alicia Morgans MD, MPH, at the 2021 European Society for Medical Oncology to discuss how a hypothetical cohort from the CARD trial highlighted the impact of treatment with cabazitaxel on costs and complications in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

On this week’s podcast, Jun Gong, MD, spoke with CancerNetwork® about the potential role of plasma glutamine as a biomarker for patients with localized prostate cancer.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Alicia Morgans MD, MPH, at the 2021 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress to talk about the rationale for analyzing the financial impact of cabazitaxel vs a second androgen receptor targeted agent in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

The CALGB prognostic risk group and subsequent life-prolonging therapies could potentially impact overall survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who are receiving lutetium 177.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, at the 2021 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress to talk about overall survival results found the phase 3 ARCHES study.

Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, spoke about key findings, patient crossover, and takeaways from the ARCHES trial for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Ravi A. Madan, MD, discusses the potential impact of docetaxel, abiraterone acetate, androgen deprivation therapy, and radiotherapy on patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who were treated with enzalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy experienced an improved, long-lasting overall survival compared with those who received placebo.

The FDA granted priority review to 177Lu-PSMA-617 in pretreated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer based on positive survival data from the phase 3 VISION study.

The addition of docetaxel did not improve overall survival for patients with nonmetastatic unfavorable-risk prostate cancer, although it reduced incidence rates of radiation therapy-induced cancer.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Alicia Morgans MD, MPH, at the 2021 European Society for Medical Oncology to talk about key findings observed when utilizing cabazitaxel vs a second androgen receptor targeted agent in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Acceptable safety was noted with the addition of darolutamide to androgen deprivation therapy and resulted in infrequent extra adverse effects versus placebo in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Yoga not only yields improvements in physical, mental, and sexual wellbeing, but it may also result in reduced inflammation and antitumor responses in men with prostate cancer.

Ravi Madan, MD, discusses clinical findings utilizing PET imaging and Tc99 scans in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who are being treated with enzalutamide

Patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with or without homologous recombination repair gene mutations may derive benefit from olaparib and abiraterone acetate, according data from the phase 3 PROpel trial.

CancerNetwork® spoke with Michael Schweizer, MD, at the 2021 ESMO Congress about his research into the combination of olaparib plus bipolar androgen therapy for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Drs Brian Helfand and Steven Finkelstein share key takeaways and clinical pearls from the phase 2/3 EMPIRE-1 trial for prostate cancer.

Overall survival in patients with de novo metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer improves with addition of prednisone and abiraterone to androgen-deprivation therapy plus docetaxel.