The Evolving Landscape Surrounding Fusion-Guided Prostate Biopsy

"Most of the published data about HIFU tended to be with relatively short-term follow-up," says Ralph J. Miller Jr, MD.

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.

Data from the CAPItello-281 trial also showed a trend toward an improvement in overall survival.

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.

The sNDA is supported by data from the pivotal phase 3 ARANOTE trial.

“Prostate cancer patients with life expectancies of less than 5 or 10 years were being subjected to treatments that can take up to a decade to significantly improve their chances of surviving cancer, despite guidelines recommending against treatment," says Timothy J. Daskivich, MD.