GENITOURINARY CANCERS

Oncologists, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of patients with lung cancer will gather July 2015, at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, California, for the 16th Annual International Lung Cancer (ILC) Conference.

Two presentations at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting linked a specific microRNA (miRNA), miR-34a, to an active area in immunotherapy, programed cell death-1 (PD-1) protein and its ligand, PD-L1.

Adding docetaxel to standard androgen deprivation therapy significantly improved overall survival in men with newly diagnosed, hormone-naïve advanced prostate cancer.

E. David Crawford, MD, professor, urology, radiation oncology, University of Colorado, discusses genomic markers in prostate cancer.

Despite their promise, checkpoint inhibitors are not effective in every patient, and research suggests the STING (stimulator of interferon genes) pathway may hold important clues as to why some tumors fail to respond.

Treatment with the PARP inhibitor olaparib demonstrated a durable ORR of 87.5% in a biomarker-defined subgroup of men with pretreated sporadic mCRPC in a phase II multi-step adaptive trial.

The continuing contentious debate about screening for prostate cancer remains top of mind among the public and lay press, but, Leonard G. Gomella, MD, says the decision to screen or not to screen boils down to “using common sense.”

A biomarker panel containing circulating tumor cell (CTC) number and LDH level was shown to be a surrogate for overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Treatment with enzalutamide reduced the risk of progression by 76% compared with bicalutamide in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), according to results from the STRIVE study.

Shabbir M.H. Alibhai, MD, et al from the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, found that impact from ADT on physical function persisted over 36 months, indicating ADT has lasting effects, which need to be addressed.

The FDA has updated the label for abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) plus prednisone to include data from the final analysis of the phase III COU-AA-302 study.

Mark A. Rubin, MD, director, Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses immunotherapy in the field of genitourinary cancers.

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with or without chemotherapy led to similar survival in men with advanced, metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, according to an updated analysis of a randomized trial.

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, associate professor, Clinical Medicine and Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses PSMA-targeting agents for the treatment of prostate cancer.

An immune checkpoint inhibitor combined with active immunotherapy has a potential positive effect on overall survival (OS) in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Growth in healthcare spending in the United States continues to outpace growth in European countries that enjoy a similar standard of living.

A recent study showed that the androgen receptor (AR) splice variant AR-V7 activated full-length AR through an alternative biosynthesis pathway and increased citrate utilization through altered metabolic activities, which may partially explain its resistance to conventional androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

The risk of dying from prostate cancer increased fourfold when active surveillance was used to monitor men with intermediate-risk disease compared with low-risk prostate cancer patients, according to results of a new study, the first to examine long-term outcomes of patients with low- versus intermediate-risk prostate cancer who have been managed with this conservative approach to care.

Christopher Sweeney, MBBS, medical oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the optimal use of cabazitaxel for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Representatives Diana DeGette (D, Colorado) and Fred Upton (R, Michigan) recently released a "discussion draft" of the 21st Century Cures Act.

In many cases, prostate cancer grows slowly and causes few symptoms; thus, many men remain unaware that they have the disease.

Metastatic disease accounts for the vast majority of cancer-related deaths. Ensuring a definitive diagnosis and the most effective treatment in a timely fashion is essential for extending life expectancy.

Topline results from the phase II TERRAIN trial showed enzalutamide increased progression-free survival (PFS) by nearly 10 months compared with bicalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Bone-targeted agents may help to minimize complications associated with osseous metastases, such as skeletal-related events, but ongoing compliance and adherence to these therapies are important to ensure they provide the desired benefit.

William K. Oh, MD, Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses the utility of cabazitaxel for prostate cancer.