A Medical Oncologist Reflects on a Typical Prostate Cancer Patient

Administering 177Lu for mCRPC is a “team sport”, according to Steven Finkelstein, MD, DABR, FACRO.

A patient case of a 50-year-old man with hormone-sensitive prostate cancer sparked a debate among oncologists regarding the best course of action.

Results from the KEYNOTE-921 trial demonstrated that pembrolizumab with docetaxel did not elicit efficacy improvements vs placebo with docetaxel in prostate cancer.

AI tools may show utility in areas such as prostate diagnostic imaging, pathology, and treatment outcome predictions.

Results from PSMAfore show that lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan elicited a median rPFS of 9.3 months vs 5.6 months with ARPI in prostate cancer.

A cohort study found that pre-radical prostatectomy levels greater than 20 ng/mL were associated with increased all-cause mortality risk and prostate cancer-specific mortality risk.