The OncLive Genitourinary Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights across genitourinary (GU) malignancies, including renal cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, and prostate cancer. This section features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on the evolving treatment paradigm of GU cancers and emerging research.
April 29th 2024
Samer A. Srour, MB ChB, MS, explains the significance of early safety and efficacy data with CTX130 in CD70-expressing clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Medical Crossfire®: Expert Exchanges to Maximize Clinical Outcomes for Patients with CRPC Through Evidence-Based Personalized Therapy
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection: Addressing Pediatric and AYA Patient Concerns While Managing Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Live “Hot Seat”: Experts Face Your Hot-Button Questions on Maximizing PARP Inhibitors in Patients With CRPC
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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Advances In™: Targeting PSMA to Advance Diagnosis And Management Of Patients With Prostate Cancer
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Clinical Case Vignette Series: Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Dr. Steinberg on the FDA Approval of Atezolizumab in Bladder Cancer
May 19th 2016Gary D. Steinberg, MD, Bruce and Beth White Family Professor, professor of Surgery, director of Urologic Oncology, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the FDA approval of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) as a treatment for patients with with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) whose disease progressed during or after platinum-based chemotherapy, or within 12 months of receiving platinum-containing chemotherapy, either before or after surgery.
FDA Approves Atezolizumab in Bladder Cancer
May 18th 2016The FDA granted the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) an accelerated approval as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) whose disease progressed during or after platinum-based chemotherapy, or within 12 months of receiving platinum-based chemotherapy, either before or after surgery.
Dr. Choueiri on FDA Approval of Lenvatinib Plus Everolimus in RCC
May 13th 2016Toni K. Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, comments on the FDA approval of the combination of lenvatinib (Lenvima) and everolimus (Afinitor) as a treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following prior anti–angiogeneic therapy.
PD-1 Expression on Monocytes Potential Immunotherapy Biomarker in RCC
May 13th 2016Mohammed Haseebuddin, MD, discusses results of a study which demonstrated that elevated preoperative classical monocyte PD-1 mean fluorescence intensity level and lower CM was linked to poor survival in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma, as well as the challenges with using PD-1 as a biomarker in these patients.
Krishna Vanaja Donkena on Using Immune Markers to Predict Survival in Bladder Cancer
May 12th 2016Krishna Vanaja Donkena, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses using immune and checkpoint markers to predict cancer-specific survival in bladder cancer.
Liquid Imiquimod Formulation May Induce Immune Response in Bladder Cancer
TMX-101 (Vesimune), a liquid formulation of the toll-like receptor 7 agonist imiquimod, appeared safe and demonstrated preliminary clinical activity, including the potential to induce an immune response, in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Molecular Testing, New Biomarkers on Horizon for Immunotherapy in RCC
May 11th 2016Mark Ball, MD, discusses the clinical, pathological, and genomic profiles of exceptional responders to anti–PD-1 therapy in renal cell carcinoma, the future of immunotherapy, and what significance genomic testing may hold.
Dr. Xifeng Wu on Prognostic Factor of Obesity-Related Genes in RCC
May 4th 2016Xifeng Wu, MD, PhD, chair, Department of Epidemiology, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, director, Center for Translational and Public Health Genomics, professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the prognostic factor of obesity-related genes in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Dr. Choueiri on FDA Approval of Cabozantinib for RCC
April 26th 2016Toni K. Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, comments on the FDA approval of cabozantinib as a second-line treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Entinostat/IL-2 Combination Active in Previously Untreated Renal Cell Carcinoma
More than one-third of patients with previously untreated renal cell carcinoma responded to the combination of high-dose interleukin-2 and an investigational histone deacetylase inhibitor entinostat.
Novel Therapies Shaking Up the Renal Cell Carcinoma Landscape
Although therapeutic options for renal cell carcinoma have expanded dramatically during the past decade, oncologists are faced with considerable complexity in selecting the right course of treatment for the individual patient.
Dr. Choueiri on Using Immunotherapy to Treat RCC
April 11th 2016Toni K. Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses why community oncologists should utilize immunotherapy agents to treat patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Novel Bladder Cancer Strategies Target PD-1/PD-L1 and VEGF Pathways
March 29th 2016Emerging agents targeting the PD1/PD-L1 pathway and the process of angiogenesis are shaping up to be promising options to break a 30-year drought in new therapies for patients with progressive metastatic urothelial bladder cancer.
Dr. Krajewski on Responses With PD-1 Agents in RCC
March 17th 2016Katherine Krajewski, MD, associate director, physician, Cancer Imaging Program Fellowship, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, assistant professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, discusses the range of responses seen in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have received PD-1 agents as treatment.
FDA Grants Atezolizumab Priority Review in Bladder Cancer
March 15th 2016The FDA has granted a priority review to atezolizumab as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who progressed during or after platinum-based chemotherapy in the metastatic setting, or whose disease worsened within 12 months of receiving platinum-based chemotherapy before or after surgery.
Atezolizumab Approaches FDA Approval in Bladder Cancer, But Biomarkers Remain Unclear
March 15th 2016Matthew Galsky, MD, explains the challenges of utilizing molecular subtyping and PD-L1 as biomarkers, the impact a potential approval of atezolizumab could have in metastatic bladder cancer, possible combinations that could increase ORR, and next steps in understanding the IMvigor study.