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Updates From City of Hope on Renal Cell, Prostate, and Urothelial Cancers

Sumanta K. Pal, MD, introduces his City of Hope colleagues, Hedyeh Ebrahimi, MD, MPH, who discusses the prevalence of dietary modification and supplement use in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and Daniela Castro, MSc, who discusses expanding eligibility criteria in kidney, prostate, and urothelial cancer trials to more accurately reflect the real-world population and reducing exclusion criteria. (Abstract 662, 612, 34, 453)

Prostate Cancer

Darolutamide Plus ADT and Docetaxel in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: Outcomes by Disease Volume and Risk Status in the ARASENS Trial

In an analysis from the phase III ARASENS trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Maha Hussain, MD, FACP, FASCO, and colleagues found that the addition of darolutamide to androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) and docetaxel significantly improved overall survival in subgroups of patients...

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Scott T. Tagawa, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Phase II Results on Ketoconazole, Hydrocortisone, and an Anti-PSMA Antibody

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses study results showing that, the anti-PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) monoclonal antibody J591 with ketoconazole and hydrocortisone, when radiolabeled with lutetium-177, leads to improved 18-month metastasis-free survival vs radiolabeling with indium-111 in patients with nonmetastatic (M0) castration-resistant prostate cancer. This supports the development of anti-PSMA radioimmunotherapy, although the optimal radionuclide and targeting agent are unknown. (Abstract LBA21).

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Alan H. Bryce, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Phase III Results on Rucaparib, Docetaxel, and Androgen Pathway Inhibitor Therapy

Alan H. Bryce, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, discusses the final results of the primary endpoint of rPFS and interim results on overall survival among patients with chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The data showed that rucaparib improved radiographic progression-free survival compared with either docetaxel or abiraterone and enzalutamide in disease with BRCA1/2 alterations. (Abstract 18).

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Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Latest Data on Pembrolizumab Plus Docetaxel

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, of the Yale Cancer Center, discusses phase III findings from the KEYNOTE-921 study, which was designed to assess the combination of pembrolizumab and docetaxel in the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. They had not received chemotherapy, but their disease progressed on the next-generation hormonal agent, or they could not tolerate the agent. (Abstract 19).

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Paul L. Nguyen, MD, on Prostate Cancer: New Findings on Treatment With Salvage Radiotherapy, GnRH Agonist, Abiraterone, Prednisone, and Apalutamide

Paul L. Nguyen, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, discusses results from the FORMULA-509 study, which compared postoperative salvage radiotherapy and 6 months of GnRH agonist with or without abiraterone acetate/prednisone (AAP) and apalutamide, after radical prostatectomy. The study suggested that adding AAP and apalutamide to salvage radiotherapy, plus 6 months of androgen-deprivation therapy, may improve outcomes, particularly in the subgroup of patients with a prostate-specific antigen level higher than 0.5 ng/mL. (Abstract 303).

Prostate Cancer

Estimating the Environmental Impact of Prostate Biopsies and MRIs May Help Reduce Health-Care Pollution

Investigators have estimated the environmental impacts of prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and prostate biopsies, according to a new study published by Michael S. Leapman, MD, MHS, and colleagues in European Urology. The findings suggest that more carefully selecting patients for...

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Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Prostate Cancer: New Data on Talazoparib and Enzalutamide

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, discusses phase III results from the TALAPRO-2 study, which suggested an improvement in radiographic progression-free survival with the combination of talazoparib and enzalutamide over standard-of-care enzalutamide alone as first-line treatment in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The improvement was seen regardless of homologous recombination repair gene mutations. The combination regimen delayed the time to chemotherapy and worsening in global health status and quality of life. (Abstract LBA17).

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TRITON3: Rucaparib vs Physician’s Choice of Single-Agent Therapy in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer With BRCA or ATM Alterations

As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the phase III TRITON3 trial has shown significantly improved progression-free survival with rucaparib vs physician-selected single-agent therapy in the entire population of patients with metastatic...

Prostate Cancer

Adding Talazoparib to Enzalutamide Extends Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

The addition of the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor talazoparib to the androgen receptor signaling inhibitor enzalutamide resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression–free survival compared with placebo plus enzalutamide as...

Prostate Cancer

Intensified Drug Regimen Added to Standard of Care Improves Outcomes in Subset of Patients With High-Risk Prostate Cancer

In the phase III FORMULA-509 trial, the addition of abiraterone acetate/prednisone and apalutamide—compared with bicalutamide—to salvage radiation therapy plus 6 months of treatment with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist failed to improve progression-free survival postprostatectomy in ...

Prostate Cancer

TALAPRO-2: Talazoparib Plus Enzalutamide Improves Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

The TALAPRO-2 phase III clinical trial found that combining the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor talazoparib with the androgen receptor inhibitor enzalutamide resulted in significantly better progression-free survival vs the current standard of care for patients with metastatic...

Prostate Cancer

Is a Diet Higher in Plant-Based Foods Associated With a Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer Progression and Recurrence?

Patients with prostate cancer who reported the highest amounts of plant-based foods in their diets had a 52% lower risk of disease progression and a 53% lower risk of recurrence compared with those who had the lowest amounts of plants in their diets. The diet assessments were based on...

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Hyaluronic Acid Rectal Spacer in Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

In a study reported in JAMA Oncology, Mariados et al found that use of a hyaluronic acid rectal spacer reduced radiation exposure of the rectum—and reduced the incidence of grade ≥ 2 gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity—in patients receiving hypofractionated radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Study...

Prostate Cancer

Decline in PSA Level After Treatment With Enzalutamide: Effect on Metastasis and Survival

A decline in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels following treatment with the androgen receptor inhibitor enzalutamide may effectively predict improved survival rates among patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to a post hoc analysis of data from the PROSPER ...

Prostate Cancer

Darolutamide Maintenance in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Without Disease Progression on Taxane Treatment

In a European phase II trial (Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research [SAKK] 08/16) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Silke Gillessen, MD, and colleagues found that darolutamide maintenance improved progression-free survival vs placebo in patients with metastatic castration-resistant...

Prostate Cancer

Focal vs Extended Irreversible Electroporation in Ablation of Localized Low- or Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer

In a study reported in JAMA Surgery, Zhang et al found that focal and extended irreversible electroporation (IRE) produced similar results in the ablation of low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Study Details In the study, 106 patients from five European centers were randomly assigned between ...

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Integrative Oncology

Determining the Role of Muscadine Grape Skin Extract in Treating Prostate Cancer

Oxidative stress is a key factor in the development of many diseases including cancer. Antioxidants prevent cellular damage by neutralizing free radicals and are being investigated as potential therapeutic strategies against cancer. In this installment of The ASCO Post’s Integrative Oncology...

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MRI-Guided vs CT-Guided SBRT for Localized Prostate Cancer

In the single-center phase III MIRAGE trial reported in JAMA Oncology, Amar U. Kishan, MD, and colleagues found that use of margin reduction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) resulted in significantly reduced acute genitourinary (GU) and...

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American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics 2023 Report Released

The American Cancer Society has released its Cancer Statistics 2023 report, which showed that overall cancer mortality has dropped by 33% since 1991, averting an estimated 3.8 million cancer deaths. Data in the report, which was published by Siegel et al in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, also ...

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Addition of Apalutamide May Slow Progression of Early-Stage Prostate Cancer During Active Surveillance

For patients with early-stage prostate cancer being managed by active surveillance, adding the hormonal agent apalutamide may lower the rate of positive biopsies during follow-up, suggest findings from a preliminary clinical trial published by Schweizer et al in The Journal of Urology. "In our...

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Prostate Cancer Screening Among Primary Care Providers

Investigators recently examined prostate cancer screening among primary care providers and found that screening tests were frequently used—even when they provide little value to patients, according to a new study published by Gillette et al in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine....

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Study Examines Genitourinary Cancer Trends, Disparities in the United States

New findings revealed that the highest mortality rates for prostate cancer among White male patients were found in the Western United States—including California—despite low incidence rates, according to a new study published by Schafer et al in European Urology. However, when compared with White...

Prostate Cancer

Risk Model for Predicting the Development of Prostate Cancer

In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Nyberg et al developed the risk model CanRisk-Prostate for predicting the development of prostate cancer based on age, detailed cancer family history, moderate- to high-risk pathogenic variants, and a polygenic score for common low-risk...

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Prostate Cancer Screening With MRI-Targeted vs MRI-Targeted and Systemic Biopsy

In a Swedish study (GÖTEBORG-2) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Hugosson et al found that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-targeted prostate biopsy was associated with a lower risk of overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer compared with MRI-targeted and...

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Genomics/Genetics

I Have the BRCA2 Gene Mutation: Here’s What I’m Doing to Prevent Cancer

My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1994, when he was just 55 years old. He died 6 years later. The cancer was so aggressive, it took only a few weeks from the time he was diagnosed for the cancer to grow to the size of a softball, and even a radical prostatectomy couldn’t save his...

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PCS5 Trial: 5 Weeks of Radiation Therapy May Be Equivalent to 8 Weeks in High-Risk Prostate Cancer

According to the results of the phase III randomized Prostate Cancer Study 5 (PCS5), a noninferior trial, 5 weeks of radiation therapy may be equivalent to 8 weeks for men with high-risk prostate cancer on androgen-deprivation therapy. These findings were presented at the 2022 American Society for...

Prostate Cancer

Lu-177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan Shows Benefit in Patients With PSMA-Positive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

On December 5, Novartis announced the pivotal phase III PSMAfore study of lutetium (Lu-177) vipivotide tetraxetan, a prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radioligand therapy, met its primary endpoint. The therapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful...

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Genomics/Genetics

Ethnic Diversity and Disparities in Access to Genetic Testing May Impact Prostate Cancer Development and Treatment, Research Shows

More than 1.4 million patients were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2020 globally, but the molecular characteristics of the disease remain unexplored for the majority of patients around the world. In the final days of the Movember campaign, which every year in November aims to raise awareness of...

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Addition of Enzalutamide to Salvage Radiotherapy in Patients With Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy

In a phase II trial (SALV-ENZA) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that the addition of enzalutamide to salvage radiotherapy improved freedom from prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression in patients with biochemically recurrent prostate...

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Intraindividual Comparison of F-18–NaF PET-CT vs Tc-99m–MDP SPECT in Detecting Bone Metastasis in High-Risk Prostate and Breast Cancers

In a Canadian phase III trial (MITNEC-A1) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Bénard et al found that fluorine-18–sodium fluoride (F-18–NaF) positron-emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) was more accurate in detecting skeletal metastases vs technetium-99m–methylene diphosphonate...

Prostate Cancer

ASCO Treatment Guidance for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Updated to Include LuPSMA

An updated ASCO guideline recommends lutetium-177–labeled PSMA-617 (LuPSMA), a targeted radioligand therapy, for patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have been treated with one prior line of androgen receptor pathway...

Prostate Cancer

Lutetium Lu-177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan for PSMA-Positive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

On March 23, 2022, the radioligand therapeutic agent lutetium Lu-177 vipivotide tetraxetan was approved for treatment of patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have been treated with an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor ...

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Sequencing of Short-Duration ADT With Radiotherapy in Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer

In a pooled analysis (SANDSTORM) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Ma et al found that concurrent/adjuvant short-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) with prostate-only radiotherapy (PORT) was associated with better outcomes in multiple measures vs neoadjuvant/concurrent ADT with...

Prostate Cancer

Biomarker Assessment for Benefit of LuPSMA vs Cabazitaxel in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

In a prespecified analysis from the Australian phase II TheraP trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Buteau et al found that higher gallium-68–labeled PSMA-11 positron-emission tomography (PSMA-PET) mean standardized uptake values (SUVmean) were associated with a greater likelihood of...

Prostate Cancer

RADICALS-HD Trial: Duration of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy With Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy

The addition of 24 months of androgen-deprivation therapy to postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy provided a metastasis-free survival benefit and improved the time to salvage therapy in patients with prostate cancer, according to the preliminary results from the RADICALS-HD trial...

Prostate Cancer

PSA Screening Rates and Incidence of Metastatic Prostate Cancer at VHA Facilities

In a retrospective cohort study reported in JAMA Oncology, Bryant et al found that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening rates at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities declined between 2005 and 2019—and that diagnoses of metastatic prostate cancer increased over the same time period....

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Addition of Cediranib to Olaparib for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Kim et al, the phase II National Cancer Institute 9984 trial has shown prolonged radiographic progression-free survival with the addition of cediranib to olaparib in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Study Details In...

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Continuous Enzalutamide Plus Docetaxel for Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer With Disease Progression on Enzalutamide

In the European phase IIIb PRESIDE trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Merseburger et al found that treatment with docetaxel and continuing enzalutamide vs placebo improved progression-free survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who had disease progression on...

Prostate Cancer

Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Models May Offer an Accurate Prognostication Method for Intermediate- to High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

NRG Oncology investigators analyzed clinical and digital histopathology data from five phase III prostate cancer trials (NRG/RTOG 9202, 9408, 9413, 9910, and 0126) to develop and validate multimodal artificial intelligence models (MMAI) that could outperform the National Comprehensive Cancer...

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EXTEND Trial: Metastasis-Directed Radiation Therapy Plus Hormone Therapy May Improve Progression-Free Survival in Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that adding metastasis-directed radiation therapy to intermittent hormone therapy improved progression-free survival in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer. Findings from the multicenter EXTEND trial were...

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Gynecologic Cancers
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Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatment Often Unaddressed With Female Patients

A new study has found that sexual side effects of cancer treatment are discussed far less frequently with female patients than with male patients, even when the treatment directly affects sex organs. Among patients receiving brachytherapy for prostate or cervical cancer at a high-volume cancer...

Prostate Cancer

A Urologic Surgeon Shares His Insights on Robotic Radical Prostatectomy

In 2000, the da Vinci Surgical System broke new ground by becoming the first robotic surgery system approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for general laparoscopic surgery. In its early years, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy was characterized by some in the surgical community as an...

Prostate Cancer

Providing a Tailored Approach to Prostate Cancer Care for Gay and Bisexual Men

It is estimated that one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. The disease is so prevalent, and other than skin cancer, it is the most common cancer diagnosed in American men. According to the American Cancer Society, this year, about 268,490 new cases of prostate...

Prostate Cancer

PCS5 Trial: Long-Term Outcomes of Moderately Shortened Radiation Course for High-Risk Prostate Cancer

A randomized study has confirmed that patients with high-risk prostate cancer can be treated with 5 vs 8 weeks of radiation therapy. The phase III clinical trial is the first to confirm the safety and efficacy of a moderately shortened course of radiation exclusively for patients with high-risk...

Prostate Cancer

RADICALS-HD Trial: Duration of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy With Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy

The addition of 24 months of androgen-deprivation therapy to postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy provided a metastasis-free survival benefit and improved the time to salvage therapy in patients with prostate cancer, according to the preliminary results from the RADICALS-HD trial...

Prostate Cancer

Darolutamide Combined With Docetaxel in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

On August 5, 2022, darolutamide was approved for use in combination with docetaxel for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.1 Approval was based on the double-blind ARASENS trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02799602), in which 1,305 patients were randomly assigned to...

Prostate Cancer
Survivorship

Health-Related Quality of Life for Survivors of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Survivors of prostate cancer originally diagnosed with metastatic disease may experience significantly worse health-related quality of life than those diagnosed with early-stage disease and individuals without a cancer history across all domains, according to a new study by Zheng et al published in ...

Prostate Cancer

2-Year Toxicity With Conventional IMRT vs Hypofractionated SBRT for Localized Prostate Cancer

As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Tree et al, an analysis from the phase III PACE-B trial has shown no difference in 2-year genitourinary or gastrointestinal toxicity with conventionally fractionated/moderately hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) vs highly hypofractionated...

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Genomics/Genetics

Genomic Testing May Aid in Identifying Patients of African Descent With High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Black patients of African descent tend to be diagnosed more frequently with prostate cancer and have higher mortality rates than patients of other races and ethnicities. Despite this substantial disparity, few prospective studies focused on maximizing the recruitment of African American patients...

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