Prostate Cancer

Patients who scored in the highest quintile of plant-based diet index scores had a 47% lower risk of prostate cancer progression compared with those in the lowest quintile.

"The wide variability that we found across MUSIC practices suggests an opportunity for us for quality improvement initiatives and additional evidence surrounding who should receive secondary treatment and what modalities," says Daniel A. Triner, MD, PhD.

"We found that approximately 2 out of every 3 patients with node-positive disease go on to some form of secondary treatment within 12 months," says Daniel A. Triner, MD, PhD.

Investigators will begin setting up the TRANSFORM trial in spring 2024, with study recruitment set to begin later in the year

The test, which was launched in Canada in September 2023, is available through Nanostics’ accredited laboratory in Edmonton, Alberta.

All patients have been successfully dosed in the first cohort of patients, and the Safety Review Committee has granted approval for progression of the study to the second dose level of INKmune.

"I think in terms of the 2 large tool sets we have, biomarker testing through urine or blood tests and imaging. I think both are only going to get better," says Jeffrey Tosoian, MD, MPH.

GU medical oncologist Dr. Rana McKay and urologist Dr. Neal Shore explore how predictive biomarkers and genetic testing are informing risk assessment and guiding personalized treatment decisions in clinical practice.

An expert provides an overview of metastatic prostate cancer, including information on how it advances, patient prognosis, and what factors influence outcomes.

The approval is supported by data from the phase 3 EMBARK trial, which demonstrated that enzalutamide with or without leuprolide prolonged metastasis-free survival compared with leuprolide alone in patients with high-risk biochemically recurrent nmHSPC.

"Prostate radiotherapy is obviously widely available, inexpensive, generally [with] a mild toxicity profile. So I think it's a reasonable option in that scenario in patients who present with de novo low-volume disease," says , Scott Morgan, MD, MSc, FRCPC.

"We look forward to announcing initial efficacy and safety data from the study, which we expect will be at the end of this quarter," says Salim Yazji, MD.

“We are hopeful that this therapy will help patients with prostate cancer and that this study will be just the first step towards the effective treatment of other bone tumors,” said Daniel Abate-Daga, PhD.

"In my view, at present in patients that have low-volume oligometastatic de novo metastatic prostate cancer, it's really an unknown whether comprehensive SBRT or other local therapy directed at oligomets improves survival," says Scott Morgan, MD, MSc, FRCPC.

“These findings suggest that guideline recommended treatment intensification remains low for patients with mCSPC in both Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration, but especially for Black patients,” says Daniel J. George, MD.

"Our clinical trial is the first to show a longer time to biochemical recurrence with chemotherapy plus standard hormone therapy for patients with locally advanced, high-risk prostate cancer," says Jiahua Pan, MD.

"In our analysis, the highest ranked treatment strategy was the combination of standard of care systemic therapy, an AR pathway inhibitor, and prostate radiotherapy," says Scott Morgan, MD, MSc, FRCPC.

"Participating in AUA guidelines is really an exciting time," says Todd M. Morgan, MD.

"The new results show that the 3-step method now used produces fewer insignificant cancer diagnoses than PSA screening,” says Anssi Auvinen, MD, PhD.

"There have been some pivotal clinical trials that have reported out, and they've really showed us that there is limited to maybe no role for adjuvant treatment after prostatectomy, and there is a huge role for early salvage treatment," says Todd M. Morgan, MD.

Data showed an increase in participant knowledge in 5 of the 10 items on the Prostate Cancer Knowledge Scale and a decrease in all 10 items on the Decisional Conflict Scale after watching the video.

"I think the main takeaway from this study is that prostate cancer is not as rare in trans women as we think it is, and that we really need to be giving this population the time that they deserve, and that they should be screened equally to their cis male counterparts," says Matthew Loria.

Drs Smith and Helfand look ahead and provide their thoughts on future directions in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Focusing on metastatic prostate cancer, 2 experts have a comprehensive discussion on treatment options for patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

“Given that non-Hispanic Black men were 4 years younger than the non-Hispanic White men, these data suggest that microvascular dysfunction may appear earlier in non-Hispanic Black men following a prostate cancer diagnosis," says Abigayle B. Simon.

“The main takeaway is that we want to be working with [transgender and gender-diverse patients] the same way that we are working with cisgender folks,” says Matthew Loria.

The authors also project an 85% increase in the number of deaths from prostate cancer per year, which would bring the total number from 375,000 in 2020 to nearly 700,000 by 2040.

"I predict the future treatment for men with truly high-risk prostate cancer will see a fusion of what was thought to be standard local treatments combined with multimodality therapies that were initially impactful only in the more advanced disease state," writes Michael S. Cookson, MD, MMHC, FACS.

Among the patients who were on treatment for 12 weeks or less, treatment interruptions due to TEAEs occurred in 12.6% of patients, and discontinuations due to TEAEs occurred in 5.3% patients.

"We've been doing a lot of work at Johns Hopkins using high-dose testosterone therapies to treat patients with metastatic prostate cancer," says Mark C. Markowski, MD, PhD.