Prostate Cancer

“There is a lack of information regarding the prevalence and implications of [prostate cancer] in transgender women, and this highlights the crucial need for further research into prevention, detection, and treatment," says Hayley Premo.

“We were actually quite pleased with how well our model performed, particularly in the independent cohort that was separate from our training cohort,” says Eric Li, MD.

Dr Higano provides a timeline review of safety results for GnH agonists and GnRH antagonists including the recent prospective phase 3 PRONOUNCE study for prostate cancer patients with pre-existing CV disease, followed by closing thoughts on this video series.

Dr Higano explains how the use of ADT in patients with prostat ecancer may impact metabolic and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, and shares best practices on optimizing risk assessment, mitigation, and monitoring for these factors.

A focused discussion on how ADT is used as the backbone of prostate cancer therapy across different prostate cancer risk groups and according to metastatic and castration sensitivity status.

Tia Higano, MD, FACP, provides a historical perspective on prostate cancer the use of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) and on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in diagnosis and monitoring.

Chandler Park, MD, discusses lessons from the ARASENS and TITAN trials on the use of triplet vs doublet therapy in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

“We want to minimize our negative biopsies and diagnosis of grade group 1 cancers,” says Rashid Siddiqui, MD.

The Free Coverage for Prostate Cancer Screening Amendment Act of 2023 has been processed and given a bill number.

Investigators found that the total out-of-pocket costs associated with oral therapies for prostate cancer were approximately 18 times higher compared with ADT.

"[This] could be a paradigm shift in prostate cancer,” says Eugene Shenderov, MD, PhD.

Alexandra Sokolova, MD, discusses unanswered questions and next steps with PARP inhibitors in the prostate cancer treatment paradigm.

Urologists weigh in on the challenges associated with whether, when, and how to treat these patients with prostate cancer.

Active surveillance is the preferred treatment option for men with low-risk prostate cancer and an option for some men with favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

Apalutamide is approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer or metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

"In our sample, nearly 10% of patients [with prostate cancer] had a gene variant that made them eligible for effective new therapies, with faster results than traditional referral for genetic testing and counseling,” said Maria I. Carlo, MD.

Patients received standard-of-care testosterone suppression with either oral enzalutamide or standard non-steroidal antiandrogen therapy.

Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma were among the multitude of tumor types assessed in the analysis supporting the approval.

"The improvement in technologies could potentially assist radiation oncologists in making timely decisions,” said Himanshu Arora, PhD.

Michael S. Leapman, MD, MHS, highlights a study of patient experiences with tissue-based genomic testing during active surveillance for prostate cancer.

Researchers identified 9 novel susceptibility loci for prostate cancer, 7 of which were substantially more prevalent in patients of African ancestry.

The FORMULA-509 trial evaluated post-operative salvage radiotherapy and 6 months of GnRH agonist with or without abiraterone acetate/prednisone and apalutamide post-radical prostatectomy.

"These studies, taken together, offer important insight into the direction we should be heading in prostate cancer diagnosis: toward a targeted-only TP biopsy," write Tarik Benidir, MD, and Zeyad Schwen, MD.

"I've worked in 3 different countries, I've seen dozens of people doing robotic radical prostatectomy...so my current practice is kind of a “best of” what I have seen and learned," says Ricardo Soares, MD.

"With ARASTEP, we are optimistic about the potential to help patients at this earlier stage of [prostate cancer]," says Tara Frenkl, MD.