Experts discuss whether novel delivery systems in non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) could be easily adopted in clinical practice and the challenges they anticipate in operationalizing TAR-200 and other novel delivery systems in urology practices.
“It encompasses and contains the miTNM, PROMISE, PRIMARY, RECIP, PSMA-RADS, and E-PSMA concept and criteria all together,” says Jeremie Calais, MD, PhD.
"Over the past 10 to 15 years, tremendous efforts have gone into robotic surgical innovation to improve perioperative morbidity for patients with bladder cancer undergoing RC," write Andrew M. Wood, MD, and Nima Almassi, MD.
Adjuvant treatment with the anti–PD-1 immunotherapy significantly extended the time period after primary treatment in which patients had no signs or symptoms of cancer.
“As other factors such as access to care, socioeconomic conditions, patient preference, and other unknown confounders might have played a role in the observed disparity, it is still unclear whether overestimating the postoperative eGFR of Black patients contributes to the lower use of nephron-sparing approaches in this population,” the authors write.
"The TALAPRO-2 results provide much-needed hope to patients who remain in high unmet need for effective treatment options," said Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO.
“The key here is I don’t believe that testosterone increases the risk of prostate cancer progression or biochemical recurrence," says Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH.
OAB experts share their experience with reimplantation of a tibial nerve stimulation device (eCoin).
“Treatment based on visualization of 18F-flotufolastat–avid lesions may facilitate optimal targeting of recurrence sites and avoid futile salvage therapy,” said Przemyslaw Twardowski, MD.
Panelists discuss how the treatment landscape for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is rapidly evolving through advancements in precision medicine and novel therapies, while emphasizing the importance of ongoing education for community oncologists to stay updated on these changes.
Artificial intelligence can help curate, decipher, and contextualize the enormous and growing amount of digital data that now comprises a patient’s electronic health record, writes Nele Jessel, MD.
Legislation sets 10-year withdrawal window for nonspouse beneficiaries.
"This brief review captures the evolving role of miRNAs, focusing on their clinical relevance and implications as well as future directions for more effective targeted therapeutic interventions," write the authors.
"The updated results from CLEAR trial confirming that the amount of tumor shrinkage correlates with prognosis through overall survival, PFS, as well as through IMDC prognostic scoring should add further weight to lenvatinib and pembrolizumab being a go-to standard of care in this setting," says Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD.
Catch up on all the notable drug and device approvals in urology over the past year.
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 panel offers key takeaways on the evolving landscape for imaging and biopsy in prostate cancer, highlighting the role for fusion-guided biopsy in the diagnosis and management of 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.
Long-term follow-up from the CheckMate 9ER trial continued to show that first-line treatment with nivolumab plus cabozantinib was associated with a health-related quality-of-life benefit over treatment with sunitinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma .
“The 1 main assumption that we've been very wrong on although we've had the data for a long period of time, [is that] although we assume that the stone fragments are small enough to pass, oftentimes they don't,” says Thomas Mueller, MD.
Urogynecologists focus on female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, handling issues related to the pelvic floor and bladder.
The trial is assessing the safety and tolerability of adaptive radiation therapy with concurrent sacituzumab govitecan in patients with MIBC.
Panelists discuss how the increased use of androgen receptor–targeted therapy in clinical practice may impact the effectiveness of PARP inhibitor combinations like talazoparib in the TALAPRO-2 study, while also addressing safety concerns, potential differences in trial populations, and the need for future studies to optimize treatment approaches for various metastatic prostate cancer patient subgroups.
“I think promoting women in leadership positions, promoting mentorship for women applicants and women already in this field, and working on policy changes are the top 3,” says Michelle S. Sheng, MD.
The novel agent ABSK061 approached a response rate of 40% in patients with advanced solid tumors harboring FGFR2/3 alterations.
Experts discuss whether novel delivery systems in non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) could be easily adopted in clinical practice and the challenges they anticipate in operationalizing TAR-200 and other novel delivery systems in urology practices.
“When a patient knows that there are so many tools that are there for people, it gives them hope. It gives their caregivers hope,” says Joy Maulik, CRNP.
ProstACT GLOBAL is assessing the safety and efficacy of 177Lu-TLX591 plus SOC vs SOC alone in patients with mCRPC.
3 steps to protect your practice from ransomware.