Prostate Ca assay appears similarly predictive of adverse pathology in African American, Caucasian patients

“We are hopeful that this therapy will help patients with prostate cancer and that this study will be just the first step towards the effective treatment of other bone tumors,” said Daniel Abate-Daga, PhD.

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.

"Our clinical trial is the first to show a longer time to biochemical recurrence with chemotherapy plus standard hormone therapy for patients with locally advanced, high-risk prostate cancer," says Jiahua Pan, MD.

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.

Data showed an increase in participant knowledge in 5 of the 10 items on the Prostate Cancer Knowledge Scale and a decrease in all 10 items on the Decisional Conflict Scale after watching the video.

“Given that non-Hispanic Black men were 4 years younger than the non-Hispanic White men, these data suggest that microvascular dysfunction may appear earlier in non-Hispanic Black men following a prostate cancer diagnosis," says Abigayle B. Simon.