Has the USPSTF gone far enough with its new PCa grade?

“As health care professionals, we should take a multidisciplinary approach to addressing the stress of a cancer diagnosis by helping mitigate financial toxicity, treatment burden, and emotional impact on both the patient and their family," says Mouneeb M. Choudry, MD.

“When you compound the patient delay and…the physician delay, then you really get a delay in diagnosis,” says Curtis A. Pettaway, MD.

The cisplatin drug shortage was first announced on February 10, 2023.

“Because so many disease processes that we deal with are related to tobacco use and smoking specifically… I think this is absolutely our domain,” says Richard S. Matulewicz, MD, of tobacco cessation counseling and treatment.

Acceptance of the IND application would initiate a first-in-human phase 1 dose expansion and escalation trial of CTIM-76 in patients with testicular and gynecologic cancers.

“This data should bolster physicians’ confidence in recommending active surveillance for their patients when it is an appropriate option," says Timothy J. Daskivich, MD.