Treatment Decision-Making for Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer

“These findings reinforce isodose MHFRT as the standard of care, offering the same cancer control as conventional treatment but with fewer side effects than dose-escalated MHFRT,” says Amar U. Kishan, 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.

Pocenbrodib is an oral, small molecule designed to inhibit the proteins CREBBP/EP300, which activate genes that promote cancer cell growth and proliferation.

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.

"4 years following radiation therapy, there is a 25% lower hazard of bowel disorders and a 46% lower hazard of related procedures [in patients who received a spacer],” says Michael R. Folkert, MD, PhD.

The mean absorbed radiation dose to tumors was 8.9 Gy/GBq, compared with 0.27 Gy/GBq in the kidneys and 0.13 Gy/GBq in the salivary glands.