A Summary of Clinical Challenges and an Introduction to Focal Therapy

The research projects are assessing combination therapies in advanced prostate cancer that include the use of relugolix.

Amar Kishan, MD, highlights findings showing that MRI-guided SBRT is superior to CT-guided SBRT in localized prostate cancer.

The FDA has approved enzalutamide for use with or without a GnRH analog therapy for the treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

“Localized prostate cancer is a very complicated disease space,” says Aaron A. Laviana, MD, MBA.

"This large registry study with data from varied practice settings, incorporating the most commonly used treatment modalities, provides useful data on the long-term mortality outcomes," writes Badar M. Mian, MD.

In the third article of the series, Melanie McGilloway, NP-C, an advanced practice provider at Genesis Urology in San Diego, discusses the various formulations of leuprolide, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist used for treating advanced prostate cancer.