Transperineal biopsy device PrecisionPoint shows promise

"In our sample, nearly 10% of patients [with prostate cancer] had a gene variant that made them eligible for effective new therapies, with faster results than traditional referral for genetic testing and counseling,” said Maria I. Carlo, MD.

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

Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma were among the multitude of tumor types assessed in the analysis supporting the approval.

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

Michael S. Leapman, MD, MHS, highlights a study of patient experiences with tissue-based genomic testing during active surveillance for prostate cancer.

"Some of these patients newly referred don't have any other proven therapies remaining...This is the only one on the shelf that has a proven benefit. Unfortunately, we can't offer them that at this stage," says Praful Ravi, MD, BChir, MRCP.