Prostate Cancer

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, highlights pivotal research and next steps with the alpha particle–emitting radioactive therapeutic agent radium-223 in prostate cancer.

The European Commission is reviewing supporting data from the phase 3 ARCHES trial.

Dr. Leonard G. Gomella discusses emerging biomarkers and the use of MRI for the early detection of prostate cancer.

“This study represents the most comprehensive analysis to date of tumor mutation burden as a biomarker for response to immune checkpoint blockade,” according to lead study author Daniel J. McGrail, PhD.

Transperineal prostate biopsy was associated with a higher likelihood of upgrading to clinically significant prostate cancer versus transrectal prostate biopsy among men on active surveillance.

“The way I think about this test now is… more as a dichotomous score,” says Eric A. Klein, MD.

The targeted radioligand therapy 177Lu-PSMA-617 also improved progression-free survival when added to best standard of care (BSC) compared with BSC alone.

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, explained the latest developments with the radiopharmaceutical radium-223 at the 2021 New York GU 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Congress®.

“It’s really fascinating how the field is expanding,” Klein says.

Findings support the modality’s use in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer, investigator says.

The technique is safer and more accurate than transrectal biopsy, an investigator says.

Multiple FDA approvals are anticipated in the theranostics space.

The study is evaluating the triplet in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have become resistant to first-line treatment with an androgen receptor signaling inhibitor.

The anonymous online survey, is meant to gain information “from urologists about the current survivorship care that is provided for survivors of prostate cancer,” according to Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc.

MRI before biopsy with prostate cancer screening was associated with both a clinical and cost-effectiveness benefit compared with a biopsy-first pathway.

“It’s an extremely useful tool,” says Jonathan D. Tward, MD, PhD, of the Prolaris test.

PSA response rate was higher with the investigational radioligand therapy.

“The most important finding is that post-abiraterone, [bipolar androgen therapy] can markedly improve the magnitude and duration of response to enzalutamide,” the authors wrote.

Providers must carefully consider treatment options to align with patient preference.

Yu discusses the background of PSMA-PET imaging, current and emerging PSMA imaging tools/therapeutics, and the future of the novel technique in prostate cancer.

Opportunity exists to develop superior risk assessment models in prostate cancer.

The outcome of the Decipher Prostate test was independently associated with overall survival, prostate cancer–specific mortality, and risk of metastasis.

“I find [the Prolaris test] to be a very helpful clinical tool,” says Jonathan D. Tward, MD, PhD.

Hear from key opinion leaders in the urology space as they discuss 2 complex cases across the multidisciplinary approach for an incidentally discovered adrenal mass and localized, high-risk prostate cancer with oligometastasis at diagnosis.

Abiraterone/prednisone can increase survival in prostate cancer; however, most patients develop resistance between 9 and 16 months after starting treatment.