Murilo De Almeida Luz, MD

Murilo De Almeida Luz, MD, is a urologic oncologist at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York, New York.

Articles by Murilo De Almeida Luz, MD

In this segment, Dr. Charles J. Ryan asks Dr. Alan H. Bryce how clinicians balance the benefits of treatment intensification with the potential for added toxicity in patients with metastatic castration sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC), particularly in older individuals or those with significant comorbidities.

The discussion explores how the rising burden of comorbidities and polypharmacy in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer requires clinicians to carefully balance therapy intensification with overall health status, medication interactions, and long-term safety when developing individualized treatment plans.

The discussion introduces how the treatment landscape for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer has evolved, highlighting that patients are now living longer with metastatic disease and often have multiple comorbidities, making long-term tolerability and quality of life key considerations in treatment planning.

3 experts are featured in this series.

Jack R. Andrews, MD; Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH; and Murilo de Almeida Luz, MD, discuss how ultralow prostate-specific antigen thresholds (below 0.02) serve as important prognostic biomarkers in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, with recent post hoc analyses from the ARANOTE trial showing that patients achieving these ultralow levels with combination androgen deprivation therapy plus darolutamide therapy have significantly better radiographic progression-free survival and time to castration-resistant disease compared with those who don't reach these thresholds.

3 experts are featured in this series.

Jack R. Andrews, MD; Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH; and Murilo de Almeida Luz, MD, discuss how ultralow prostate-specific antigen thresholds (below 0.02) serve as important prognostic biomarkers in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, with recent post hoc analyses from the ARANOTE trial showing that patients achieving these ultralow levels with combination androgen deprivation therapy plus darolutamide therapy have significantly better radiographic progression-free survival and time to castration-resistant disease compared with those who don't reach these thresholds.