Phase 1B trial to evaluate relugolix and enzalutamide in high-risk prostate cancer
July 24th 2024"Going forward after this study, we hope to be able to expand and potentially look at patients undergoing either surgery or radiation therapy, and really try to determine the potential benefit," says Kelly L. Stratton, MD, FACS.
UK study of AI-based software for prostate cancer detection expands
July 22nd 2024"We will be looking not only at how well this software performs in a busy clinical setting and whether diagnostic accuracy and efficiency improves, but also assessing the experience of clinicians and patients, and looking at the impact on workflow," says Clare Verrill, BM, FRCPath, MMedEd.
Neighborhood disadvantage linked to stress-related genes that may increase prostate cancer risk
July 12th 2024“Our findings suggest an impact of living in disadvantaged neighborhoods—which more commonly affects African Americans—on stress-related genetic pathways in the body. We believe this may increase an individual’s risk of aggressive prostate cancer and contribute to prostate cancer disparities by race,” says Kathryn Hughes Barry, PhD, MPH.
Feasibility study explores focal therapy plus radiation in prostate cancer
June 14th 2024"There's obviously a huge interest in focal therapy for prostate cancer, largely because we want to try to prevent the overtreatment of prostate cancer and also develop better approaches to deliver high-quality treatment options for patients," says Timothy D. McClure, MD.
Study evaluates weight management and prostate cancer progression, QOL
June 12th 2024"To me, the most compelling outcome is really the quality-of-life outcomes. General quality of life as well as emotional quality of life improved in the intervention group significantly," says Jill M. Hamilton Reeves, PhD, RD, CSO.
FDA clears labeling revision on da Vinci X and Xi for radical prostatectomy
June 5th 2024The change was made following the submission of a real-world evidence study showing that 5- to 10-year overall survival following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy was comparable to that of non-robotic radical prostatectomy.