Genitourinary Cancers

Erica L. Mayer, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, describes studies involving tivozanib, a potent VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

The combination of temsirolimus plus bevacizumab was not superior to interferon plus bevacizumab as first-line therapy for patients with clear cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Urologists in Cancer Care presents summaries of ongoing research relating to a variety of urologic cancers.

After many years of treating patients with advanced prostate cancer the same way, a host of new drug approvals has not only changed the way urologists manage prostate cancer but their understanding of the disease as well.

The 2012 LUGPA Annual Meeting is expected to gather more than 100 urology groups to discuss administrative, technological, regulatory, and medical challenges facing practices.

In order to help community oncologists optimize patient outcomes, this review summarizes clinical issues associated with specific therapies and the background pivotal data.

Daniel R. Saltzstein, MD, describes steps Urology San Antonio has taken toward creation of a comprehensive urologic care practice, including establishment of a bone health clinic and an advanced prostate cancer clinic.

A phase III study of axitinib as a front-line therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma did not meet its primary endpoint of demonstrating a longer median progression-free survival than sorafenib.

As with most industries where outcome metrics are crucial for continued success, the government is wanting physicians to deliver care that is outcome- and evidence-based.

Pazopanib appears to be another good option for first-line therapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma along with sunitinib.

Pretreatment serum lactate dehydrogenase is a prognostic factor in poor-risk patients with renal cell carcinoma and also a predictive factor for a survival benefit from treatment with temsirolimus.

For those of us with administrative responsibilities in large urology groups, the dilemma is amplified by the fact that we are affected not only as providers of care but as employers.

A quick glance at a recent study examining the renal cell carcinoma immunotherapy AGS-003 and the FDA approval of a new noninvasive prostate health index test.

Partial nephrectomy is associated with better overall survival than radical nephrectomy in older patients with early-stage kidney cancer.

Pazopanib has demonstrated activity in a majority of patients with refractory urothelial cancer, providing the first evidence that targeted therapies might have a role in the disease.

Summaries of ongoing research underway in bladder, prostate, and renal cancer, intended to stimulate discussion about ongoing clinical trials and to promote collaboration across the urology community.

At Urological Associates of Southern Arizona, "collaboration" is not just a buzzword, it's part and parcel of the daily practice.