Prostate Cancer

Neal D. Shore, MD, Managing Partner, Atlantic Urology Clinics, Director, CPI, Carolina Urologic Research Center, discusses enzalutamide, a well tolerated oral therapy.

Immunotherapy is maintaining its momentum in clinical development programs, with explorations under way in many tumor types, including breast and lung cancers previously considered poor candidates for such modalities.

Dr. Mary-Ellen Taplin, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, on Neoadjuvant ADT Plus Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer.

Enzalutamide seems poised to become an exciting addition to the growing list of novel therapies approved for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Oncology specialists who treat patients with mCRPC can look forward to choosing from an expanding array of therapeutic tools, including regimens.

Dr. Charles Ryan, from UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Discusses Sequencing Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Therapies.

While many approaches to using immunotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer are under study, four strategies currently in later-stage clinical development have emerged as the most promising.

The results of several long-term clinical trials published last year clarify the role of combination ADT and RT in the treatment of men with prostate cancer.

Three case studies focused on how best to sequence therapy in prostate cancer were presented by Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, and discussed by a panel that included Robert Dreicer, MD, and Oliver Sartor, MD.

Dr. Charles Ryan, from the UCSF Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, on the COU-AA-302 Abiraterone Acetate Interim Analysis Results.

Dr. Neal Shore, from the Atlantic Urology Clinics, Discusses the Enzalutamide (MDV3100) AFFIRM Trial

Dr. Mary-Ellen Taplin, from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, on Neoadjuvant Abiraterone Acetate and Leuprolide Acetate

Patients with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and minimal disease spread experience a two-year boost in median survival when treated with continuous, rather than intermittent, hormonal therapy.

Dr. Raoul Concepcion, from Urology Associates, PC, Nashville, TN, Discusses New Prostate Cancer Therapies.

Dr. Leonard Gomella, from Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, on the Unique Attributes of Neoadjuvant Zytiga.

To date, no studies of novel therapies combined with docetaxel and prednisone have demonstrated improvement in their designated endpoints. However, several promising combination trials are ongoing.

Focal therapy offers some men with localized prostate cancer a solution between active surveillance and definitive treatment with surgery and/or radiation.

Dr. Paul Sieber, from the Urological Association of Lancaster, on Managing Bone Health After the Introduction of ADT.

Oliver Sartor, MD, and Leonard G. Gomella, MD, discuss multiple topics involved with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, including PSA velocity, guidelines, and cutoff age.

At this year's annual NCCN conference, the organization presented updates in 13 areas, including specific disease states and general screening methods.

The USPSTF has made a final recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer in asymptomatic males through PSA testing.

Dr. Leonard Gomella, form the Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, on the Impact of the New USPSTF PSA Rating.

Dr. Oliver Sartor, from Tulane Cancer Center, Discusses Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Screening

Dr. Leonard Gomella, from the Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, on the Provenge IMPACT Trial Survival Benefit

Leonard G. Gomella, MD, discusses the public policy and medical implications of the US Preventive Services Task Force's draft recommendation on PSA screening.