May 13th 2022
Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who received pembrolizumab achieved prolonged median progression-free and overall survival after experiencing an immune-related adverse effect.
September 15th 2021
By studying olaparib-sensitive and -resistant cell lines, researchers were able to gather insights regarding PARP inhibitor treatment and resistance mechanisms, including the use of CDK inhibition as a potential means of overcoming PARP inhibitor resistance in prostate cancer.
September 14th 2021
Olaparib was still found to produce greater clinical benefit than enzalutamide or abiraterone acetate in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer when the novel hormonal agents were examined separately rather than combined.
Pembrolizumab as an adjuvant therapy compared with placebo continued to showcase an impressive disease-free survival benefit in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy, with improvement observed across subgroups.
Large surface area microparticle docetaxel administered via direct intramural injection and intravesical instillations was found to be safe and showed preliminary signs of efficacy in patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
September 13th 2021
Toni K. Choueiri, MD, discusses the results of the KEYNOTE-564 study in renal cell carcinoma.
Karim Chamie, MD, discusses the design of the phase 2/3 QUILT-3.032 trial in patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guerín–unresponsive, non–muscle invasive bladder cancer carcinoma in situ.
Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS, discusses the results of the randomized, open label, phase 2 ENACT trial in prostate cancer.
Treatment with the mitomycin-containing reverse thermal gel UGN-101 resulted in a lengthy period of durable response when administered as induction treatment in patients with low-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma.
Improvements in quality of life, antitumor immune responses, and inflammation could be resulting benefits of the incorporation of regular yoga practice in the lives of men with prostate cancer who are undergoing prostatectomy.
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, a PET prostate specific membrane antigen targeting agent, demonstrated statistically significant potential in detecting biochemical recurrence in men with prostate cancer.
The addition of a recombinant pox-viral vector vaccine Panvac™ to bacillus Calmette-Guérin did not significantly improve clinical outcomes for patients with BCG-unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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.
The addition of avelumab to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin induction therapy appeared to be safe and well tolerated in patients with BCG-unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Smoking status is not often reported on genitourinary cancer clinical trials, which limits understanding of how smoking impacts the treatment, survival, and quality of life of this patient population.
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.
Steven Kaplan, MD, discusses real-world surgical retreatment rates in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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 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.