Prostate Cancer

Men with low-risk prostate cancer who have opted for active surveillance are about half as likely to experience pathologic progression or abandon active surveillance if they take a 5-ARI.

The neoadjuvant administration of sipuleucel-T may stimulate an immune response in patients with localized prostate cancer without adversely affecting their surgeries.

Dr. Robert Dreicer, from the Cleveland Clinic, on Utilizing New Prostate Cancer Therapies

Dutasteride may postpone disease progression in men with low-risk prostate cancer who have opted for an active surveillance strategy.

Nurses play vital roles in assuring that patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) are optimally treated with sipuleucel-T.

Dr. Leonard Gomella, from Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, Discusses PSA Velocity

Coronary artery disease and prostate cancer have been shown to share several modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors including age, race, family history, and possibly diet.

Dr. Daniel Petrylak, from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Discusses the Future of Abiraterone Acetate

Dr. Oliver Sartor, from Tulane Cancer Center, Discusses a New Trial Combining Radium-223 and Provenge

Dr. Howard Sandler, from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Describes the RTOG 9408 Prostate Cancer Trial Results

Dr. Leonard Gomella, from Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, Examines the Understating of Provenge Benefits

The paradigm of "more energy is better" is not limited to space travel, and in fact is center stage in a growing debate in the field of radiation oncology.

A further analysis of clinical trial data for sipuleucel-T suggests that it may have delivered a greater OS benefit than previously described.

Dr. Robert Dreicer, from the Cleveland Clinic, Discusses Sequencing MDV3100 and Abiraterone

The Trials in Progress section supplies summaries of ongoing research in a broad range of cancer types.

Dr. Leonard Gomella, from the Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, on Helping Patients Make Informed Medical Decisions

Dr. David Crawford, from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Discusses Transperineal 3D Mapping Biopsy

The keynote address at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium highlighted a collaborative effort to develop a comprehensive molecular classification of prostate cancer.

Dr. Daniel Petrylak, from Columbia University Medical Center, Discusses Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer

Targeting the bone microenvironment appears to be a potential approach to treating prostate cancer.

Dr. Leonard Gomella, from Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, Discusses the Challenges of PSA Screening

Dr. Oliver Sartor, from Tulane Cancer Center, Discusses Radium-223 in Early Prostate Cancer

Dr. Robert Dreicer, from the Taussig Cancer Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Discusses Using Abiraterone Acetate

An interview with Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD, during the ASCO 2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, about treatment of prostate cancer and unmet needs.

EBRT led to more long-term toxicity and higher treatment-related costs compared with radical prostatectomy or brachyherapy.