Prostate Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Prostate Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on how to approach treatment for patients with nonmetastatic, castration-resistant, or castration-sensitive prostate cancer. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, ongoing research, and treatment advances with androgen receptor inhibitors, PARP inhibitors, and more in prostate cancer.

Gomella Discusses Ongoing Progress With Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer

March 11th 2017

Leonard Gomella, MD, discusses the current state and critical next steps for optimizing genetic testing in prostate cancer.

Dr. Klein on Gene Mutations in Prostate Cancer

March 11th 2017

Eric Klein, MD, professor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses gene mutations in patients with prostate cancer.

Dr. Choi on Evolution of RT in Prostate Cancer

March 10th 2017

Seungtaek L. Choi, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, and clinical Medical Director, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses how radiation therapy has evolved for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Active Surveillance Remains a Critical Approach for Early Prostate Cancer

March 10th 2017

Brian F. Chapin, MD, discusses the importance of active surveillance in patients with prostate cancer at a low risk of developing metastases and the benefits of surgery and radiation as active treatment methods for patients with locally advanced disease.

Dr. Gomella on Challenges Facing Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer

March 10th 2017

Leonard Gomella, MD, professor, chair, Department of Urology, director, Kimmel Cancer Center Network, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discusses challenges facing genetic testing for patients with prostate cancer.

Dr. Corn on Sequencing Agents for Patients With mCRPC

March 10th 2017

Paul G. Corn, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the agents available to treat patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)

Dr. Chapin on Choosing Active Surveillance for Patients With Prostate Cancer

March 10th 2017

Brian F. Chapin, MD, assistant professor, Department of Urology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the considering factors for a patient with prostate cancer to undergo active surveillance versus active treatment.

Factors Influencing Patient-Reported Rectal Toxicity Following External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

March 10th 2017

Developing and validating a predictive model for patient-reported health-related quality of life remains an elusive target, and one that has great potential to further improve satisfaction with outcome following prostate cancer treatment in a great number of prostate cancer survivors.

Combinations Key to Advances With Bone-Targeting Agents in mCRPC

March 9th 2017

John C. Araujo, MD, PhD, discusses targeted therapies, current and emerging, for patients with bone-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Petrylak Discusses Significance of Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer

March 8th 2017

Daniel Petrylak, MD, discusses the significance of genetics in the future of prostate cancer care and highlights emerging treatments and challenges in the field.

Dr. Araujo on Importance of Bone-Targeting Agents in mCRPC

March 8th 2017

John C. Araujo, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the importance of bone-targeting agents for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Araujo shared this insight during the 2017 OncLive® State of the Science Summit on Genitourinary Cancers.

Dr. Crawford on PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer

March 8th 2017

E. David Crawford, MD, professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, discusses challenges facing PSA testing for patients with prostate cancer.

Dr. Kane on High-Penetrance Genetic Syndromes in Prostate Cancer

March 8th 2017

Christopher J. Kane, MD, professor of Surgery, chair, Department of Urology, UC San Diego Health, discusses high-penetrance genetic syndromes in patients with prostate cancer.

Dr. Febbo Explains the Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score

March 7th 2017

Phil Febbo, MD, chief medical officer, Genomic Health, explains the Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score (GPS) for patients with clinically low-risk prostate cancer.

A Call to Educate

March 4th 2017

Raoul S. Concepcion, MD, calls for increased oncology education and information sharing among the urology community across the globe, as urologists play a critical role in delivering and managing cancer treatment.

Dr. Tagawa on Next Steps for Taxanes in Prostate Cancer

March 2nd 2017

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, discusses next steps for taxanes following the TAXYNERGY trial in prostate cancer.

Dr. Saad on Results of Radium-223 Trial in Prostate Cancer

March 2nd 2017

Fred Saad, MD, professor and chief of Urology, director of Genitourinary Oncology at the University of Montreal Hospital Centers, discusses results of a trial that investigated early use of radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo) in patients with asymptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Biomarkers Show Efficacy of Radium-223/Docetaxel Combo in mCRPC

February 28th 2017

Michael J. Morris, MD, discusses a phase I/II trial in which the combination of radium-223 (Xofigo) and docetaxel had a greater effect than docetaxel alone on bone biomarkers in patients with bone-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Expert Discusses Optimizing Chemotherapy Use in mCRPC

February 28th 2017

William K. Oh, MD, discusses the continued use of chemotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Dr. Oh on the Sequencing of New Therapies for Prostate Cancer

February 24th 2017

William K. Oh, MD, chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, professor of Medicine and Urology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses sequencing of new therapies for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).