In this interview, Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, discusses disparities in prostate cancer care and a unique initiative aiming to alleviate those disparities.
Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FACP, FASCO, offers a comprehensive look at the evolving treatment landscape, with a focus on practical considerations and ongoing research.
“These findings support the use of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT in the preoperative workflow of intermediate-and high-risk tumors,” said Nikhile Mookerji, MD.
The patient presented with a large right renal mass who elected for right radical nephrectomy with possible inferior vena cava.
In the third article of this series, Amar U. Kishan, MD, provides clinical insights on the use of perirectal spacers for patients who receive hypofractionated radiation or SBRT.
Here are some helpful hints for launching your physician mentor-mentee relationship.
“The question of who is a candidate for active surveillance is hard to answer because this is a bedside, gut decision," says Primo Nery Lara, Jr, MD.
"The landscape of prostate cancer management has evolved significantly over the past 30 years, with [active surveillance], advances in imaging and genetics, and improvements in the treatment of high-risk disease marking key areas of progress," writes Michael S. Cookson, MD, MMHC.
"Going into the upcoming application cycle, I am now a bit more excited and a little less terrified," writes Leah Ashton, MD.
Implementing the right practice technology can not only mitigate physician burnout, it can also enable patients to take charge of their own care experience.
Here are 5 best practices for cleaning a medical office.
Treatments provide a targeted therapeutic strategy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
“Although the future of AI within science is uncertain, disclosure of the use of AI is an excellent first step to balance academic integrity with disruptive innovation,” the authors write.
The expert panel concludes their discussion with a look toward the future of prostate cancer treatment and the evolving role of rectal spacers.
Even before the pandemic, violence against health care workers was escalating.
“For us, being able to know where the cancer is allows us to target it, and I think that lets us be much more effective with our treatment,” says Bridget F. Koontz, MD, FASTRO.
"This first paper was really to show that our research methodology was feasible and acceptable with pediatric urology patients and families. We've done that, and now we have a huge corpus of data that we can further analyze through empirical studies," says Francesca A. Williamson, PhD.
The approval of the niraparib/abiraterone dual-action tablet for BRCA-positive mCRPC is based on findings from the phase 3 MAGNITUDE study.
Closing out their discussion on how treatment and management of advanced prostate cancer affects their clinical practice, expert urologists consider how the therapeutic landscape continues to evolve and look toward future evolutions in care.
Urinary symptoms were not significantly improved from local estrogen use in most studies, though an improvement in vaginal symptoms was observed.
The rationale for utilizing fluoroscopic imaging as well as other evolving technologies that are currently being developed and explored in urology.
In this column, the authors discuss how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shutdown yielded unexpected opportunities in urologic research.
"What we found is that it's very difficult to raise your review on these websites, but fairly easy to drop your review," says Jake Miller, MD.
In this final episode, panelists conclude with reflections on the significant progress made in treating NMIBC over the past decade, particularly in the last 5 years. Looking ahead to 2024, experts in urology express excitement about investigational treatments (ie, cretostimogene grenadenorepvec and UGN 102), the potential for personalized medicine, emphasizing the need to understand molecular characteristics of the disease for better treatment customization. The session also highlights the importance of balancing quality of life with effective treatment strategies, and the prospect of utilizing emerging therapies early in the disease process.
Results presented from a phase 1/2 trial of ARV-766 demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in patients whose metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressed after androgen receptor pathway inhibitor therapy.
Social Security benefits aren’t sufficient to fund retirement for most people. And given the aging of the population and projected trust-fund shortfall, they may be less generous in the future.
“I think this is the future, and if we don't go down that path and we don't explore, we're not going to make it better for us and for the patients,” says Geoffrey N. Sklar, MD, FACS.
Perioperative treatment with cabozantinib is feasible with early signs of clinical activity in patients with intermediate- and poor-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
"Full discussion of the various fertility preservation options and an understanding of the fertility implications of the various treatment modalities must be understood by patients for them to make optimal decisions for their reproductive futures," write the authors.