Understanding patient populations in studies of PSMA agents in prostate cancer
June 28th 2023"I think one of the key things is when we look at things like sensitivity and specificity, sensitivity is very much reliant on the incidence of a disease or the state of the disease," says Brian F. Chapin, MD.
Dr. Fizazi on pivotal TALAPRO-2 trial of talazoparib/enzalutamide in HRR gene–mutated mCRPC
June 27th 2023Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, highlights the TALAPRO-2 trial, which led to the FDA approval of talazoparib plus enzalutamide for patients with HRR gene–mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Dr. Kamran on current research into predictive factors of response to bladder-preserving treatment
June 27th 2023"There are a lot of exciting data that are coming out, and, of course, a lot of physicians and physician-scientists [who] are interested in these questions, and we’re working on that," says Sophia C. Kamran, MD.
Managing recurrence following bladder-sparing treatment
June 23rd 2023"If there’s recurrence of muscle-invasive bladder cancer within the bladder, you can perform salvage cystectomy at that point…. It is a bit more complex, so it’s great to have a high-volume surgeon who has performed these before," says Sophia C. Kamran, MD.
Study examines molecular alterations in intraductal carcinoma of the prostate
June 23rd 2023“We found some BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, as well as CDK12 mutations, in our cohort of patients with intraductal carcinoma of the prostate. Those are things that you could use now for clinical decision-making with PARP inhibitors with their approved indications,” says Benjamin Miron, MD.
Low testosterone and frailty linked with 180-day readmission in men undergoing TURP, PVP
June 19th 2023“Surprisingly, testosterone was not independently associated with frailty on our analysis, but on multivariable analysis, both hospital frailty risk score and low preoperative T were independently associated with 180-day readmission,” says Jasmine Lin, MD.
How phase 3 trial data led to FDA approval of flotufolastat F 18 (Posluma) in prostate cancer
June 14th 2023“I think the importance of this is that these are more accurate than our current imaging studies in helping us to better counsel patients on the expected treatment options given their current situation,” says Brian F. Chapin, MD.
Dr. Morgans on real-world study comparing darolutamide, enzalutamide, and apalutamide in nmCRPC
June 12th 2023"We found in both unadjusted and adjusted analyses that patients seemed to discontinue enzalutamide and apalutamide at slightly earlier time points than darolutamide," said Alicia Morgans, MD.
Alleviating health care professional burnout by taking your foot off the accelerator
June 9th 2023“It's hard for us as physicians to think about anything other than continuing to put the accelerator into the red zone. But sometimes, a little bit of self-awareness can allow you to sustain a career for many years longer,” says Colin P. West, MD, PhD.
Dr. Catalona on the slow adoption of active surveillance in the United States
June 8th 2023"It pretty much has been adopted around the world so that about 80% of men who are diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer go on active surveillance. In Sweden, it's about 80%. That's considered the goal. But the United States has been slow in adopting this," says William J. Catalona, MD.