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As many as 40% of newly diagnosed PCa patients have unifocal disease, that is, just one focus of cancer. But that still leaves 60-80% of patients with multifocal PCa. Without evidence to the contrary, multiple foci in the same gland were thought to be biologically homogeneous, that is, identical to each other.
Then, along came the tools to analyze PCa at the molecular level, bringing new knowledge of the biology of PCa.
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Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have discovered how prostate cancer can sometimes withstand and outwit a standard hormone therapy, causing the cancer to spread. Their findings also point to a simple blood test that may help doctors predict when this type of hormone therapy resistance will occur. Learn more about these interesting findings by clicking HERE.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new use for enzalutamide (Xtandi) for the treatment of non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (non-metastatic CRPC). Enzalutamide was previously approved only for patients with metastatic CRPC. Prior to this past February – when the FDA also approved apalutamide (Erleada) for non-metastatic CRPC – there were no FDA-approved treatments for these men.
Read more on PCF.org HERE
It has just been recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a generic version of Zytiga, the new drug’s name is Yonsa. It is a novel formulation of abiraterone acetate that needs to be used in combination with methylprednisolone for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Read the complete article on CancerABCs.org HERE
An exciting proof-of-concept study of Lutetium-177 PSMA (Lu PSMA) was published in the journal Lancet Oncology. Lu-PSMA has been described as “a disruptive therapy and has the potential to change practice” in the future treatment of men with end-stage prostate cancer.
Lu-PSMA, a nuclear therapy, has been used in Germany for many years under compassionate use basis. This particular study was conducted in Australia. The study results offer hope for men with end-stage prostate cancer who have exhausted all their treatment options.
Read more on Prostate Cancer Foundation HERE
and CancerABCs.org HERE
and SBS News HERE
UC San Francisco researchers have discovered a promising new line of attack against lethal, treatment-resistant prostate cancer. Analysis of hundreds of human prostate tumors revealed that the most aggressive cancers depend on a built-in cellular stress response to put a brake on their own hot-wired physiology. Experiments in mice and with human cells showed that blocking this stress response with an experimental drug—previously shown to enhance cognition and restore memory after brain damage in rodents—causes treatment-resistant cancer cells to self-destruct while leaving normal cells unaffected.
The new study was published online May 2, 2018 in Science Translational Medicine.
Read the entire article on MedicalXpress.com HERE
and technologyneworks.com HERE
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issued new guidelines on understanding and managing immunotherapy-related toxicities.
Read more on curetuday.com HERE
February 14, 2018 – Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved apalutamide (Erleada, also previously called ARN-509) for the treatment of non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (non-metastatic CRPC). This clinical setting is when men who are being treated with Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) see their PSA levels begin to rise, but no metastases are visible yet on scans. There were previously no FDA-approved treatments for non-metastatic CRPC, and patients typically continued to receive ADT, despite its diminishing benefit.
To read more about this, click HERE.
The 2018 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium event featured groundbreaking research among members of the cancer care and research community who diagnose, treat, and study genitourinary malignancies.
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PCF reports that U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Abiraterone + Prednisone combination for men with metastatic high-risk castration-sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC). The approval is based on the results of the LATITUDE study.
Read more on pcf.org here