A Cardiologist’s Perspective on Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Prostate Cancer

“We are witnessing the dawn of teletreatment,” says Jihad Kaouk, MD, FACS.

In this podcast episode, Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI, discusses the need to increase diversity in clinical trials, specifically focusing on studies in prostate cancer.

"The goal of the PRECISION study is to ensure that treatment with 3 radiation doses does not lead to greater side effects than those observed in the PACE-B study," says Professor Duncan B. McLaren, MBBS.

Zeyad Schwen, MD, a urologic oncologist at Cleveland Clinic, discusses how patient factors and cancer characteristics are key to deciding between focal therapies and whole gland treatment for prostate cancer.

"This finding reinforces PROSTOX ultra as a true measure of the biological response to radiation, independent of treatment era or technique that can identify the safest course of treatment to avoid toxicity," says Amar U. Kishan, MD.

A lookahead of the notable FDA decisions and conferences slated for Q2 2025.