GENITOURINARY CANCERS

A wide-ranging analysis of more than 5500 breast cancer tumors that combined genomic and protein expression testing has identified promising targets to explore for treating patients with poor prognoses, with particularly notable findings involving androgen receptor (AR) expression.

Leonard Gomella, MD, chair, Department of Urology, director, Kimmel Cancer Center Network, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discusses the future of biomarkers in prostate cancer that might complement or displace PSA.

Tomasz Beer, MD, FACP, professor of medicine, deputy director of the Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, discusses the design and results of the PREVAIL trail

Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, assistant professor, genitourinary cancers, City of Hope, discusses sequencing abiraterone and enzalutamide for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Sophie D. Fosså, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway, comments on the benefit of radiotherapy/antiandrogen combination in men with locally advanced prostate cancer.

Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS, medical director, Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, on the utility of the androgen receptor inhibitor ODM-201 for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, assistant professor of medicine, medical director, Genitourinary Oncology Research Program, Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses results from a trial that evaluated tumor-directed PET imaging of bone metastases in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) when using the Zr-89 labeled anti-prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) antibody J591.

A meta-analysis presented during the 10th Annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium found that when used with other therapies for the treatment of mCRPC, prednisone does not raise the risk for severe toxicities, nor does it affect overall survival (OS).

William K. Oh, MD, professor of medicine, hematology and medical oncology, urology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses a biomarker development trial of satraplatin in patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Patients with bone metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who received radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo) continued to have a low incidence of myelosuppression and no associated secondary malignancies at a 1.5-year follow-up of the pivotal phase III ALSYMPCA study that was presented at the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Matthew D. Galsky, MD, from The Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses an analysis of the distribution and geographic accessibility of prostate cancer clinical trials in the U.S.

Charles Ryan, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), University of California, San Francisco, discusses the utility of abiraterone and enzalutamide for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Improved outcomes continued to be demonstrated with the addition of radiotherapy to oral antiandrogen therapy in men with locally advanced prostate cancer, according to an updated analysis, conducted after 11 years of observation.

Enzalutamide (Xtandi) improves survival by nearly 30% in chemotherapy-naïve men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and delays progression of their disease by more than 80%.

The premature termination of clinical trials in the oncology setting is a problem that continues to vex researchers, and results of a new study that involved more than 7500 adult cancer clinical trials suggest that the concern is justified.

Evan Y. Yu, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses the utility of PET imaging for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

William Kevin Kelly, DO, professor of medical oncology and urology, Thomas Jefferson University, discusses the possibility of preselecting which castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients will be sensitive to chemotherapy or hormone therapy.

Targeted Oncology interviewed Cy Stein, MD, PhD, Arthur & Rosalie Kaplan Chair in Medical Oncology and deputy director of Clinical Research at City of Hope National Medical Center.

A new biomarker panel taken 12 weeks after initiating treatment with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone can predict prognosis at 2 years in men with mCRPC, a recent analysis of the phase III COU-AA-30 pivotal trial demonstrated.

Evan Y. Yu, MD, discusses the role of PET imaging in prostate cancer.

Julie R. Brahmer, MD, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the outlook for immunotherapies in cancer care.

William Kevin Kelly, DO, discusses the role of chemotherapy in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

An interview with James Mohler, MD, associate director and senior vice president for Translational Research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, and chair of the NCCN Guidelines Panel for Prostate Cancer.

Over the past three years, diverse new therapies have been approved to treat advanced prostate cancer, including agents that have shown some promise in delaying its progression to the bone.

Targeted Oncology spoke with Padmanee Sharma, MD, PhD, about advances in immunotherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).