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.

MRgFUS Improved Sexual Function, Urinary Continence in Men with Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer

September 13th 2021

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound focal therapy delivered to the index lesion produced better outcomes for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer compared with radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy.

18F-DCFPyL Could Become a Key Diagnostic Tool for Biochemical Recurrence in Prostate Cancer

September 13th 2021

18F-DCFPyL, a PET prostate specific membrane antigen targeting agent, demonstrated statistically significant potential in detecting biochemical recurrence in men with prostate cancer.

Masitinib Plus Docetaxel Produces PFS Benefit in mCRPC With Low Metastatic Involvement

September 13th 2021

The investigational small molecule masitinib plus docetaxel resulted in a statistically significant 21% reduction in the risk of progression or death compared with placebo plus docetaxel in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and baseline alkaline phosphatase levels of 250 IU/mL or less.

Oral GnRH Antagonist Therapy for mCSPC

September 13th 2021

Implications of treating patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer with relugolix, an oral GnRH antagonist.

mCSPC: Applying New Data into Clinical Practice

September 13th 2021

Recommendations for integrating treatment advances in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer into everyday practice.

Olaparib/Pembrolizumab Combo Continues to Show Promising Activity in mCRPC

September 12th 2021

The combination of olaparib and pembrolizumab continued to demonstrate antitumor activity in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who previously received docetaxel.

Darolutamide Delays Time to Deterioration in HRQoL Related to Urinary and Bowel Symptoms in nmCRPC

September 12th 2021

Darolutamide was linked with a reduction in locally invasive procedures, delayed time to deterioration in health-related quality of life related to urinary and bowel symptoms in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Enzalutamide/ADT Maintains Efficacy Regardless of Prior Antiandrogen Therapy in mHSPC

September 12th 2021

Enzalutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy produced clinical benefit over ADT alone in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, regardless of prior antiandrogen therapy and its pretreatment duration.

MSI-H/dMMR Prostate Cancer Linked With Response to Checkpoint Blockade

September 11th 2021

Patients with microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair–deficient prostate cancer may be more likely to respond to treatment with checkpoint inhibitors compared with those who have high tumor mutational burden.

Prognostic Risk Group, Receipt of Subsequent Therapies May Impact OS in mCRPC Receiving Lutetium 177

September 11th 2021

Cancer and Leukemia Group B prognostic risk group and the receipt of subsequent FDA-approved life-prolonging therapies may impact overall survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who are receiving lutetium 177.

Relugolix Induces Similar Rates of Castration Resistance–Free Survival Vs Leuprolide in Advanced Prostate Cancer

September 11th 2021

Relugolix failed to significantly delay onset of castration resistance compared with standard of care leuprolide in men with advanced prostate cancer.

Lutetium-PSMA Appears Safe in Locally Advanced High-Risk Prostate Cancer

September 11th 2021

Treatment with neoadjuvant lutetium prostate-specific membrane antigen followed by radical prostatectomy exhibited a favorable safety profile in patients with locally advanced high-risk prostate cancer.

Dr. Tewari on the Benefits of Robotic Radical Prostatectom​y​ in Prostate Cancer

September 10th 2021

Ashutosh K. Tewari, MD, discusses the benefits of robotic radical prostatectom​y in prostate cancer.

Dr. Palese on Emerging Technologies in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

September 10th 2021

Michael A. Palese, MD, discusses emerging technologies in benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Dr. Badani on Utilizing Multiport Robotic Retroperitoneal Partial Nephrectomies in RCC

September 10th 2021

Ketan K. Badani, MD, discusses the utility of multiport robotic retroperitoneal partial nephrectomies in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

RWE Demonstrates Robust PSA Response and Treatment Adherence of Apalutamide in CRPC

September 10th 2021

Patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer demonstrated high adherence rates and favorable prostate-specific antigen response to apalutamide according to real-world evidence presented at the 2021 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.

BMI Is a Significant Predictor for Survival in mCRPC

September 10th 2021

Obese men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer have better disease-specific and overall survival than overweight or normal weight patients.

NICE Recommends Apalutamide Plus ADT for Prostate Cancer

September 9th 2021

The United Kingdom’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has recommended apalutamide for use in combination with androgen deprivation therapy in patients with high-risk hormone-relapsed nonmetastatic prostate cancer and in those with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer if docetaxel is not suitable or cannot be tolerated.

Triple Therapy Approaches for mCSPC

September 7th 2021

Potential implications for treating metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer with triple therapy based on recently reported data.

ADT Monotherapy in mCSPC

September 7th 2021

The rationale for treating metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy as monotherapy as the field advances with newer combination approaches.