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Urinary Catheter Valves

Description: A urinary catheter valve, sometimes referred to as a “catheter plug” is a tap-like device fitted into the end of an indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) or suprapubic catheter (SPC). It allows the bladder to fill and then be emptied into a toilet or container at regular intervals during the day (e.g. 4-5 times/day). This mimics the physiologic function of the bladder. A catheter valve may be used in those patients who may have other options for future bladder management,
Written by: Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

The Current Landscape of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Agent Combinations in Patients with Clinically Localized, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Introduction

Bladder cancer is currently the 10th most commonly diagnosed malignancy worldwide. It is estimated that approximately 110,500 men and 70,000 women are annually diagnosed with bladder cancer worldwide.1 While the majority of patients are diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease (i.e. carcinoma in situ, Ta, and T1), approximately 25 to 33% of patients are initially diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer and a meaningful proportion of patients initially diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease will subsequently progress to MIBC.1

Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD, MSc, and Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc
References:
  1. Burger M, Catto JWF, Dalbagni G, et al. Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Urothelial Bladder Cancer. Eur Urol 2013;63(2):234-41.
  2. Flaig TW, Speiss PE, Abern M, et al. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Bladder Cancer, Version 2.2022. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2022;20(8):866-878.
  3. EAU Guidelines: Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer. Accessed: December 27, 2022.
  4. ASCO Cancer.Net: Bladder Cancer – Statistics. Accessed: December 27, 2022.
  5. Advanced Bladder Cancer Meta-analysis Collaboration. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in invasive bladder cancer: update of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data advanced bladder cancer (ABC) meta-analysis collaboration. Eur Urol 2005;48(2):202-5.
  6. Galsky MD, Hahn NM, Rosenberg J, et al. A consensus definition of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are unfit for cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Lancet Oncol 2011;12: 211–4.
  7. Rhea LP, Mendez-Marti S, Kim D, Aragon-Chin JB. Role of immunotherapy in bladder cancer. Cancer Treat Res Commun 2021;26:100296.
  8. Pfister C, Gravis G, Flechon A, et al. Dose-Dense Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin or Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Perioperative Chemotherapy for Patients With Nonmetastatic Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Results of the GETUG-AFU V05 VESPER Trial. J Clin Oncol 2022;40(18):2013-22.
  9. Van Dijk N, Gil-Jimenez A, Silina K, et al. Preoperative ipilimumab plus nivolumab in locoregionally advanced urothelial cancer: the NABUCCO trial. Nat Med 2020;26(12):1839-44.
  10. Danaher P, Warren S, Lu R, et al. Pan-cancer adaptive immune resistance as defined by the Tumor Inflammation Signature (TIS): results from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).J Immunother Cancer 2018;6(1):63.a
  11. Gao J, Navai N, Alhalabi O, et al. Neoadjuvant PD-L1 plus CTLA-4 blockade in patients with cisplatin-ineligible operable high-risk urothelial carcinoma. Nat Med 2020;26(12):1845-51.
  12. Li R, Steinberg GD, Uchio EM, et al. CORE1: Phase 2, single-arm study of CG0070 combined with pembrolizumab in patients with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) unresponsive to bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). J Clin Oncol 2022; 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting I.

Suprapubic Urinary Catheter Indications

Suprapubic catheters are often placed for a short time following certain surgical procedures as they can contribute to patients’ improved recovery times, compared with urethral catheterization. They can provide stable bladder drainage before and after complex urethral reconstructions.
Written by: Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

The Current Landscape of Neoadjuvant Single Agent Therapy in Patients with Cisplatin Ineligible Clinically Localized, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Introduction

Bladder cancer is currently the 10th most commonly diagnosed malignancy worldwide. It is estimated that approximately 110,500 men and 70,000 women are annually diagnosed with bladder cancer globally.1 While the majority of patients are diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease (i.e. carcinoma in situ, Ta, and T1), approximately 25 to 33% of patients are initially diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer and a meaningful proportion of patients initially diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease will subsequently progress to MIBC.1

Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD, MSc, and Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc
References:
  1. Burger M, Catto JWF, Dalbagni G, et al. Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Urothelial Bladder Cancer. Eur Urol 2013;63(2):234-41.
  2. Flaig TW, Speiss PE, Abern M, et al. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Bladder Cancer, Version 2.2022. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2022;20(8):866-878.
  3. EAU Guidelines: Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer. Accessed: December 27, 2022.
  4. ASCO Cancer.Net: Bladder Cancer – Statistics. Accessed: December 27, 2022.
  5. Advanced Bladder Cancer Meta-analysis Collaboration. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in invasive bladder cancer: update of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data advanced bladder cancer (ABC) meta-analysis collaboration. Eur Urol 2005;48(2):202-5.
  6. Galsky MD, Hahn NM, Rosenberg J, et al. A consensus definition of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are unfit for cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Lancet Oncol 2011;12: 211–4.
  7. Rhea LP, Mendez-Marti S, Kim D, Aragon-Chin JB. Role of immunotherapy in bladder cancer. Cancer Treat Res Commun 2021;26:100296.
  8. Necchi A, Anichini A, Raggi D, et al. Pembrolizumab as Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Radical Cystectomy in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma (PURE-01): An Open-Label, Single-Arm, Phase II Study. J Clin Oncol 2018;36(34):3353-60.
  9. Basile G, Banidin M, Gibb EA, et al. Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab and Radical Cystectomy in Patients with Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Bladder Cancer: 3-Year Median Follow-Up Update of PURE-01 Trial. Clin Cancer Res 2022;28(23):5107-14.
  10. Powles T, Kockx M, Rodriguez-Vida, et al. Clinical efficacy and biomarker analysis of neoadjuvant atezolizumab in operable urothelial carcinoma in the ABACUS trial. Nat Med 2019; 25(11):1706-14.
  11. Pfister C, Gravis G, Flechon A, et al. Dose-Dense Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin or Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Perioperative Chemotherapy for Patients With Nonmetastatic Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Results of the GETUG-AFU V05 VESPER Trial. J Clin Oncol 2022;40(18):2013-22.
  12. Yu EY, Petrylak DP, O’Donnell PH, et al. Enfortumab vedotin after PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors in cisplatin-ineligible patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (EV-201): A multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2021 May 12;S1470-2045(21)00094-2.
  13. Powles T, Rosenberg JE, Sonpavde GP, et al. Enfortumab Vedotin in Previously Treated Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma. N Engl J Med 2021 Mar 25;384(12):1125-35.

Suprapubic Catheterization (SPC)-Related Complications and Problems

The complication rate for cystostomy (surgical procedure for insertion of a suprapubic catheter (SPC)) ranges from 1.6% to 2.4%. The first few catheter changes after the initial SPC insertion should be performed using a guidewire as acute complications can occur.
Written by: Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

The Current Landscape of Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Introduction

Urothelial carcinoma of the upper tract accounts for only five to ten percent of all urothelial carcinomas,1 with an estimated annual incidence in Western countries of almost two cases per 100,000 inhabitants.2 Approximately two-thirds of patients with de novo upper tract urothelial carcinoma present with invasive disease at diagnosis,3 likely owing to the absence of a muscularis propria layer in the upper tracts. Large series have reported five-year cancer-specific mortality rates of 30% for muscle-invasive, organ-confined tumors and 56% for locally advanced tumors.4

Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD, MSc, and Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc
References:
  1. Babjuk, M, Burger M, Capoun O, et al. EAU Guidelines on Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (T1, T1 and CIS), in EAU Guidelines, Edn. presented at the 37th EAU Annual Congress Amsterdam. 2022, EAU Guidelines Office, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
  2. Siegel, RL, Miller KD, Fuchs HE, Jemal A. Cancer Statistics, 2021. CA Cancer J Clin 2021;71(1):7-33.
  3. Margulis V, Shariat SF, Matin SF, et al. Outcomes of radical nephroureterectomy: a series from the Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Collaboration. Cancer 2009;115(6):1224-33.
  4. van Doeveren T, van der Mark M, van Leeuwen PJ, et al. Rising incidence rates and unaltered survival rates for primary upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: a Dutch population-based study from 1993 to 2017. BJU Int 2021; 128(3): 343-51.
  5. Collà Ruvolo C, Nocera L, Stolzenbach LF, et al.. Tumor Size Predicts Muscle-invasive and Non-organ-confined Disease in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma at Radical Nephroureterectomy. Eur Urol Focus 2022;8(2):498-505.
  6. Birtle A, Johnson M, Chester J, et al. Adjuvant chemotherapy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (the POUT trial): a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2020;395(10232):1268-77.
  7. Advanced Bladder Cancer Meta-analysis Collaboration. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in invasive bladder cancer: update of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data advanced bladder cancer (ABC) meta-analysis collaboration. Eur Urol 2005;48(2):202-5.
  8. Hoffman-Censits JH, Trabulsi EJ, Chen DYT, et al. Neoadjuvant accelerated methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (AMVAC) in patients with high-grade upper-tract urothelial carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2014;32(4):Suppl.
  9. Margulis V, Puligandla M, Trabulsi EJ, et al. Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy Followed by Extirpative Surgery for Patients with High Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. J Urol 2020;203(4):690-8.
  10. Coleman JA, Yip W, Wong NC, et al. Multicenter Phase II Clinical Trial of Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients With High-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2023;JCO2200763.
  11. Basile G, Banidin M, Gibb EA, et al. Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab and Radical Cystectomy in Patients with Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Bladder Cancer: 3-Year Median Follow-Up Update of PURE-01 Trial. Clin Cancer Res 2022;28(23):5107-14.

Procedure for Changing a Suprapubic Catheter (SPC or SPT)

The initial insertion of a suprapubic catheter (SPC), a procedure referred to as a suprapubic cystostomy, can be performed under local or general anesthesia with a trocar system, using cystoscopic or ultrasound guidance. SPC insertion is an aseptic procedure that can be performed in an outpatient or office setting
Written by: Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

Treatment Intensification in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC): Metachronous Low Volume mHSPC

Since 2015, multiple combination treatment strategies have emerged for the management of patients with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). The addition of docetaxel and/or androgen receptor-axis targeted (ARAT) agents to standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in the form of doublet and triplet treatment strategies, has demonstrated overall survival benefits in this cohort of patients. As such, these drug combinations have changed the standard of care approaches in these men.1
Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD MSc and Zachary Klaassen, MD MSc
References:
  1. Weiner AB, Siebert AL, Fenton SE, et al. First-line Systemic Treatment of Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Primary or Salvage Local Therapy: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Eur Urol Oncol. 2022.
  2. Cancer Stat Facts: Prostate Cancer. National Cancer Institute. Available at https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html. Accessed: Nov 14, 2022
  3. Deek MP, Van der Eecken K, Phillips R, et al. The mutational landscape of metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer: the spectrum theory revisited. Eur Urol. 2021;80:632-640
  4. Stopsack KH, Nandakumar S, Wimber AG, et al. Oncogenic genomic alterations, clinical phenotypes, and outcomes in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2020;26:3230-3238.
  5. Sweeney CJ, Chen Y, Carducci M, et al. Chemohormonal Therapy in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N ENgl J Med. 2015;373:737-746.
  6. Fizai K, Foulon S, Carles J, et al. Abiraterone plus prednisone added to androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel in de novo metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (PEACE-1): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study with a 2 × 2 factorial design. Lancet 2022;399(10336):1695-1707.
  7. Smith MR, Hussain M, Saad F, et al. Darolutamide and Survival in Metastatic, Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(12):1132-1142.
  8. Davis ID, Martin AJ, Stockler MR, et al. Enzalutamide with Standard First-Line Therapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(2):121-131.
  9. Hoyle AP, Ali A, James ND, et al. Abiraterone in “High-” and “Low-risk” Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2018;76(6):719-728.
  10. James ND, de Bono JS, Spears MR, et al. Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:338-351.
  11. Chi KN, Chowdhury S, Bjartell A, et al. Apalutamide in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: Final Survival Analysis of the Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III TITAN Study. J Clin Oncol. 2021;39(2):2294-2303.
  12. Armstrong AJ, Szmulewitz RZ, Petrylak DP, et al. ARCHES: A Randomized, Phase III Study of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Enzalutamide or Placebo in Men With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(32):2974-2986.
  13. Parker CC, James ND, Brawley CD, et al. Radiotherapy to the primary tumour for newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a randomised controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2018;392(10162):2353-2366.
  14. Boeve LMS, Hulshof MCCM, Vis AN, et al. Effect on Survival of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Alone Compared to Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined with Concurrent Radiation Therapy to the Prostate in Patients with Primary Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer in a Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial: Data from the HORRAD Trial. Eur Urol. 2019;75(3):410-418.
  15. Ost P, Reynders D, Decaestecker K, et al. Surveillance or metastasis-directed therapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer recurrence: A prospective, randomized, multicenter phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(5):446-453.
  16. Phillips R, Shi WY, Deek M, et al. Outcomes of Observation vs Stereotactic Ablative Radiation for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer The ORIOLE Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2020;6(5):650-659.
  17. Deek MP, van der Eecken K, Sutera P, et al. Long-Term Outcomes and Genetic Predictors of Response to Metastasis-Directed Therapy Versus Observation in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Analysis of STOMP and ORIOLE Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2022;JCO2200644.
  18. Palma DA, Olson R, Harrow S, et al. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus standard of care palliative treatment in patients with oligometastatic cancers (SABR-COMET): a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial. Lancet. 2019;393(10185):2051-2058.

Artificial Intelligence and Prostate Cancer: Risk Stratification After Primary Therapy, ADT Treatment Intensification, and Evaluation of Metastatic Disease

Artificial intelligence continues to transform the field of medicine, including the management of prostate cancer. In this Center of Excellence article, we discuss the contemporary literature evaluating artificial intelligence for risk stratification after primary therapy, ADT treatment intensification, and evaluation of metastatic disease.

Written by: Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc and Rashid K. Sayyid, MD, MSc
References:
  1. Tan YG, Fang AHS, Lim JKS, et al. Incorporating artificial intelligence in urology: Supervised machine learning algorithms demonstrate comparative advantage over nomograms in predicting biochemical recurrence after prostatectomy. Prostate. 2022;82: 298-305.
  2. McIntosh C, Conroy L, Tjong MC, et al. Clinical integration of machine learning for curative-intent radiation treatment of patients with prostate cancer. Nat Med. 2021;27: 999-1005.
  3. Esteva A, Feng J, van der Wal D, et al. Prostate cancer therapy personalization via multi-modal deep learning on randomized phase III clinical trials. NPJ Digit Med. 2022;5: 71.
  4. Yang R, Zhu D, Howard LE, et al. Identification of Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer With Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2022;6: e2100071.
  5. Elledge CR, LaVigne AW, Fiksel J, et al. External Validation of the Bone Metastases Ensemble Trees for Survival (BMETS) Machine Learning Model to Predict Survival in Patients With Symptomatic Bone Metastases. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2021;5: 304-314.
  6. Kartasalo K, Bulten W, Delahunt B, et al. Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosis and Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer in Biopsies-Current Status and Next Steps. Eur Urol Focus. 2021;7: 687-691.

Treatment Intensification in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC): Metachronous High Volume mHSPC

Since 2015, multiple combination treatment strategies have emerged for the management of patients with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). The addition of docetaxel and/or androgen receptor-axis targeted (ARAT) agents to standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in the form of doublet and triplet treatment strategies, has demonstrated overall survival benefits in this cohort of patients. As such, these drug combinations have changed the standard of care approaches in these men.1
Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD MSc and Zachary Klaassen, MD,MSc
References:
  1. Weiner AB, Siebert AL, Fenton SE, et al. First-line Systemic Treatment of Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Primary or Salvage Local Therapy: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Eur Urol Oncol. 2022.
  2. Cancer Stat Facts: Prostate Cancer. National Cancer Institute. Available at https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html. Accessed: Nov 14, 2022
  3. Deek MP, Van der Eecken K, Phillips R, et al. The mutational landscape of metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer: the spectrum theory revisited. Eur Urol. 2021;80:632-640
  4. Stopsack KH, Nandakumar S, Wimber AG, et al. Oncogenic genomic alterations, clinical phenotypes, and outcomes in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2020;26:3230-3238.
  5. Sweeney CJ, Chen Y, Carducci M, et al. Chemohormonal Therapy in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N ENgl J Med. 2015;373:737-746.
  6. Fizai K, Foulon S, Carles J, et al. Abiraterone plus prednisone added to androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel in de novo metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (PEACE-1): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study with a 2 × 2 factorial design. Lancet 2022;399(10336):1695-1707.
  7. Smith MR, Hussain M, Saad F, et al. Darolutamide and Survival in Metastatic, Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(12):1132-1142.
  8. Davis ID, Martin AJ, Stockler MR, et al. Enzalutamide with Standard First-Line Therapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(2):121-131.
  9. Hoyle AP, Ali A, James ND, et al. Abiraterone in “High-” and “Low-risk” Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2018;76(6):719-728.
  10. James ND, de Bono JS, Spears MR, et al. Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:338-351.
  11. Chi KN, Chowdhury S, Bjartell A, et al. Apalutamide in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: Final Survival Analysis of the Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III TITAN Study. J Clin Oncol. 2021;39(2):2294-2303.
  12. Armstrong AJ, Szmulewitz RZ, Petrylak DP, et al. ARCHES: A Randomized, Phase III Study of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Enzalutamide or Placebo in Men With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(32):2974-2986.
  13. Parker CC, James ND, Brawley CD, et al. Radiotherapy to the primary tumour for newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a randomised controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2018;392(10162):2353-2366.
  14. Boeve LMS, Hulshof MCCM, Vis AN, et al. Effect on Survival of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Alone Compared to Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined with Concurrent Radiation Therapy to the Prostate in Patients with Primary Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer in a Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial: Data from the HORRAD Trial. Eur Urol. 2019;75(3):410-418.
  15. Ost P, Reynders D, Decaestecker K, et al. Surveillance or metastasis-directed therapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer recurrence: A prospective, randomized, multicenter phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(5):446-453.
  16. Phillips R, Shi WY, Deek M, et al. Outcomes of Observation vs Stereotactic Ablative Radiation for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer The ORIOLE Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2020;6(5):650-659.
  17. Deek MP, van der Eecken K, Sutera P, et al. Long-Term Outcomes and Genetic Predictors of Response to Metastasis-Directed Therapy Versus Observation in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Analysis of STOMP and ORIOLE Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2022;JCO2200644.
  18. Palma DA, Olson R, Harrow S, et al. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus standard of care palliative treatment in patients with oligometastatic cancers (SABR-COMET): a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial. Lancet. 2019;393(10185):2051-2058.

Artificial Intelligence and Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Grading, mpMRI, and Active Surveillance

Across all aspects of daily life, artificial intelligence more than ever is harnessing the power of machine learning to automate and improve the efficiency of tasks. This is also true in medicine and, in particular, in the field of prostate cancer. The concept of artificial intelligence began in the 1950s with the prime objective of emulating the cognitive capabilities of human beings in machines. More specifically, artificial intelligence is the ability of a machine to independently replicate intellectual processes typical of human cognition. Machine learning comprises algorithms that parse data, learn from that data, and then apply what they have learned to make informed decisions. Deep learning is a form of machine learning that is inspired by the structure of the human brain and is particularly effective in feature detection:1

Written by: Zachary Klaassen, MD MSc & Rashid K. Sayyid, MD MSc
References:
  1. George RS, Htoo A, Cheng M, et al. Artificial intelligence in prostate cancer: Definitions, current research, and future directions. Urol Oncol. 2022;40: 262-270.
  2. Marginean F, Arvidsson I, Simoulis A, et al. An Artificial Intelligence-based Support Tool for Automation and Standardisation of Gleason Grading in Prostate Biopsies. Eur Urol Focus. 2021;7: 995-1001.
  3. Huang W, Randhawa R, Jain P, et al. Development and Validation of an Artificial Intelligence-Powered Platform for Prostate Cancer Grading and Quantification. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4: e2132554.
  4. Bulten W, Kartasalo K, Chen PC, et al. Artificial intelligence for diagnosis and Gleason grading of prostate cancer: the PANDA challenge. Nat Med. 2022;28: 154-163.
  5. Paulson N, Zeevi T, Papademetris M, et al. Prediction of Adverse Pathology at Radical Prostatectomy in Grade Group 2 and 3 Prostate Biopsies Using Machine Learning. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2022;6: e2200016.
  6. Kartasalo K, Bulten W, Delahunt B, et al. Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosis and Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer in Biopsies-Current Status and Next Steps. Eur Urol Focus. 2021;7: 687-691.
  7. Jung M, Jin MS, Kim C, et al. Artificial intelligence system shows performance at the level of uropathologists for the detection and grading of prostate cancer in core needle biopsy: an independent external validation study. Mod Pathol. 2022;35: 1449-1457.
  8. Suarez-Ibarrola R, Sigle A, Eklund M, et al. Artificial Intelligence in Magnetic Resonance Imaging-based Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Where Do We Stand in 2021? Eur Urol Focus. 2022;8: 409-417.
  9. Mehralivand S, Harmon SA, Shih JH, et al. Multicenter Multireader Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Attention Mapping System for the Detection of Prostate Cancer With Multiparametric MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020;215: 903-912.
  10. Hiremath A, Shiradkar R, Fu P, et al. An integrated nomogram combining deep learning, Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) scoring, and clinical variables for identification of clinically significant prostate cancer on biparametric MRI: a retrospective multicentre study. Lancet Digit Health. 2021;3: e445-e454.
  11. Hosseinzadeh M, Saha A, Brand P, Slootweg I, de Rooij M, Huisman H. Deep learning-assisted prostate cancer detection on bi-parametric MRI: minimum training data size requirements and effect of prior knowledge. Eur Radiol. 2022;32: 2224-2234.
  12. Lee C, Light A, Saveliev ES, van der Schaar M, Gnanapragasam VJ. Developing machine learning algorithms for dynamic estimation of progression during active surveillance for prostate cancer. NPJ Digit Med. 2022;5: 110.
  13. Nayan M, Salari K, Bozzo A, et al. A machine learning approach to predict progression on active surveillance for prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2022;40: 161 e161-161 e167.

Treatment Intensification in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC) Cases - Synchronous Low Volume mHSPC

Since 2015, multiple combination treatment strategies have emerged for the management of patients with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). The addition of docetaxel and/or androgen receptor-axis targeted (ARAT) agents to standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in the form of doublet and triplet treatment strategies, has demonstrated overall survival benefits in this cohort of patients. As such, these drug combinations have changed the standard of care approaches in these men.1
Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD MSc and Zachary Klaassen, MD,MSc
References:
  1. Weiner AB, Siebert AL, Fenton SE, et al. First-line Systemic Treatment of Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Primary or Salvage Local Therapy: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Eur Urol Oncol. 2022.
  2. Cancer Stat Facts: Prostate Cancer. National Cancer Institute. Available at https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html. Accessed: Nov 14, 2022
  3. Deek MP, Van der Eecken K, Phillips R, et al. The mutational landscape of metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer: the spectrum theory revisited. Eur Urol. 2021;80:632-640
  4. Stopsack KH, Nandakumar S, Wimber AG, et al. Oncogenic genomic alterations, clinical phenotypes, and outcomes in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2020;26:3230-3238.
  5. Sweeney CJ, Chen Y, Carducci M, et al. Chemohormonal Therapy in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N ENgl J Med. 2015;373:737-746.
  6. Fizai K, Foulon S, Carles J, et al. Abiraterone plus prednisone added to androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel in de novo metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (PEACE-1): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study with a 2 × 2 factorial design. Lancet 2022;399(10336):1695-1707.
  7. Smith MR, Hussain M, Saad F, et al. Darolutamide and Survival in Metastatic, Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(12):1132-1142.
  8. Davis ID, Martin AJ, Stockler MR, et al. Enzalutamide with Standard First-Line Therapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(2):121-131.
  9. Hoyle AP, Ali A, James ND, et al. Abiraterone in “High-” and “Low-risk” Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2018;76(6):719-728.
  10. James ND, de Bono JS, Spears MR, et al. Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:338-351.
  11. Chi KN, Chowdhury S, Bjartell A, et al. Apalutamide in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: Final Survival Analysis of the Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III TITAN Study. J Clin Oncol. 2021;39(2):2294-2303.
  12. Armstrong AJ, Szmulewitz RZ, Petrylak DP, et al. ARCHES: A Randomized, Phase III Study of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Enzalutamide or Placebo in Men With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(32):2974-2986.
  13. Parker CC, James ND, Brawley CD, et al. Radiotherapy to the primary tumour for newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a randomised controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2018;392(10162):2353-2366.
  14. Boeve LMS, Hulshof MCCM, Vis AN, et al. Effect on Survival of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Alone Compared to Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined with Concurrent Radiation Therapy to the Prostate in Patients with Primary Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer in a Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial: Data from the HORRAD Trial. Eur Urol. 2019;75(3):410-418.
  15. Ost P, Reynders D, Decaestecker K, et al. Surveillance or metastasis-directed therapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer recurrence: A prospective, randomized, multicenter phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(5):446-453.
  16. Phillips R, Shi WY, Deek M, et al. Outcomes of Observation vs Stereotactic Ablative Radiation for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer The ORIOLE Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2020;6(5):650-659.
  17. Deek MP, van der Eecken K, Sutera P, et al. Long-Term Outcomes and Genetic Predictors of Response to Metastasis-Directed Therapy Versus Observation in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Analysis of STOMP and ORIOLE Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2022;JCO2200644.
  18. Palma DA, Olson R, Harrow S, et al. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus standard of care palliative treatment in patients with oligometastatic cancers (SABR-COMET): a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial. Lancet. 2019;393(10185):2051-2058.

The Impact of Surgeon Experience and Volume on Patient Outcomes in Radical Prostatectomy Patients

Introduction

The last decade has seen an increased uptake of the robotic-assisted laparoscopic approach for radical prostatectomies. Despite the negative results of the only published phase III randomized clinical trial comparing robotic-assisted laparoscopic to open radical prostatectomy, which demonstrated no significant differences in short- and medium-term functional outcomes between the two approaches,1 it is currently estimated that more than 70% of radical prostatectomy surgeries performed since 2012 in the United States have been with robotic assistance.2 In 2018, it was estimated that 92.6% of all radical prostatectomies in England were performed using this minimally invasive technique.3
Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD MSc and Zachary Klaassen, MD,MSc
References:
  1. Coughlin GD, Yaxley JW, Chambers SK, et al. Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy versus open radical retropubic prostatectomy: 24-month outcomes from a randomised controlled study. Lancet Oncol 2018;19(8):1051-1060.
  2. Schroeck FR, Jacobs BL, Bhayani  SB, et al.  J.  Cost of new technologies in prostate cancer treatment: systematic review of costs and cost effectiveness of robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and proton beam therapy. Eur Urol 2017;72(5):712-735.
  3. Gray WK, Day J, Briggs TWR, Harrison S. An observational study of volume–outcome effects for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in England. BJU International 2021;12(1):93-103.
  4. Begg CB, Riedel ER, Bach PB, et al. Variations in Morbidity after Radical Prostatectomy. N Engl J Med 2002;346:1138-1144.
  5. Hu JC, Gold KF, Pashos CL, et al. Role of surgeon volume in radical prostatectomy outcomes. J Clin Oncol 2003;21(3):401-405.
  6. Almatar A, Wallis CJD, Hrrschorn S, et al. Effect of radical prostatectomy surgeon volume on complication rates from a large population-based cohort. Can Urol Assoc J 2016;10(1-2):45-49.
  7. Godtman RA, Persson E, Cazzaniga W, et al. Association of surgeon and hospital volume with short-term outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Nationwide, population-based study. PLoS One 2021;16(6):e0253081.
  8. Gray WK, Day J, Briggs TWR, Harrison S. An observational study of volume–outcome effects for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in England. BJU International 2021;129(1):93-103.
  9. Van den Broeck T, Oprea-Lager D, Moris L, et al. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Surgeon and Hospital Caseload Volume on Oncological and Nononcological Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy for Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol 2021;80(5):531-545.
  10. Porcaro AB, Tafuri A, Sebben M, et al. Linear extent of positive surgical margin impacts biochemical recurrence after robotassisted radical prostatectomy in a high-volume centre. J Robot Surg 2020;14:663–675.
  11. Steinsvik EAS, Axcrona K, Angelsen A, et al. Does a surgeon’s annual radical prostatectomy volume predict the risk of positive surgical margins and urinary incontinence at one-year follow-up?—Findings from a prospective national study. Scand J Urol 2013;47:92–100.
  12. Williams SB, Gu X, Lipsitz SR, Nguyen PL, Choueiri TK, Hu JC. Utilization and expense of adjuvant cancer therapies following radical prostatectomy. Cancer 2011;117:4846–54.
  13. Hu JC, Wang Q, Pashos CL, Lipsitz SR, Keating NL. Utilization and outcomes of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:2278–84.
  14. Bolton DM, Papa N, Ta AD, et al. Predictors of prostate cancer specific mortality after radical prostatectomy: 10 year oncologic outcomes from the Victorian Radical Prostatectomy Registry. BJU Int 2015;116:66–72.
  15. Schmitges J, Trinh QD, Sun M, et al. Annual prostatectomy volume is related to rectal laceration rate after radical prostatectomy. Urology 2012;79:796–803.
  16. Sharma V, Meeks JJ. Open conversion during minimally invasive radical prostatectomy: impact on perioperative complications and predictors from national data. J Urol 2014;192:1657–1662.
  17. Begg CB, Riedel ER, Bach PB, et al. Variations in morbidity after radical prostatectomy. N Engl J Med 2002;346:1138–1144.
  18. Leow JJ, Leong EK, Serrell EC, et al. Systematic Review of the Volume-Outcome Relationship for Radical Prostatectomy. Eur Urol Focus 2018;4(6):775-89.
  19. Bravi CA, Tin A, Vertosick E, et al. The Impact of Experience on the Risk of Surgical Margins and Biochemical Recurrence after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Learning Curve Study. J Urol 2019;202(1):108-113.
  20. Klein EA, Bianco FJ, Serio AM, et al. Surgeon Experience is Strongly Associated with Biochemical Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy for all Preoperative Risk Categories. J Urol 2008;179(6):2212-2216.
  21. Alemozaffar M, Duclos A, Hevelone ND, et al. Technical Refinement and Learning Curve for Attenuating Neurapraxia During Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy to Improve Sexual Function. Eur Urol 2012;61(6):1222-12228.
  22. Ju IE, Trieu D, Chang SB, et al. Surgeon Experience and Erectile Function After Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review. Sex Med Rev 2021;9(4):650-658.
  23. Fossati N, Di Trapani E, Gandaglia G, et al. Assessing the Impact of Surgeon Experience on Urinary Continence Recovery After Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Results of Four High-Volume Surgeons. J Endourol 2017;31(9):872-877.
  24. Matulewicz RS, Tosoian JT, Stimson CJ, et al. Implementation of a Surgeon-Level Comparative Quality Performance Review to Improve Positive Surgical Margin Rates during Radical Prostatectomy. J Urol 2017;197(5):1245-1250.
  25. Kumar RV, Fergusson DA, Lavallee, et al. Performance Feedback May Not Improve Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes: The Surgical Report Card (SuRep) Study. J Urol 2021;206(2):346-353.

Treatment Intensification in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC) Cases - Synchronous High Volume mHSPC

Since 2015, multiple combination treatment strategies have emerged for the management of patients with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). The addition of docetaxel and/or androgen receptor-axis targeted (ARAT) agents to standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in the form of doublet and triplet treatment strategies, has demonstrated overall survival benefits in this cohort of patients. As such, these drug combinations have changed the standard of care approaches in these men.1

Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD, MSc and Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc
References:
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  8. Davis ID, Martin AJ, Stockler MR, et al. Enzalutamide with Standard First-Line Therapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(2):121-131.
  9. Hoyle AP, Ali A, James ND, et al. Abiraterone in “High-” and “Low-risk” Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2018;76(6):719-728.
  10. James ND, de Bono JS, Spears MR, et al. Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:338-351.
  11. Chi KN, Chowdhury S, Bjartell A, et al. Apalutamide in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: Final Survival Analysis of the Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III TITAN Study. J Clin Oncol. 2021;39(2):2294-2303.
  12. Armstrong AJ, Szmulewitz RZ, Petrylak DP, et al. ARCHES: A Randomized, Phase III Study of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Enzalutamide or Placebo in Men With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(32):2974-2986.
  13. Parker CC, James ND, Brawley CD, et al. Radiotherapy to the primary tumour for newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a randomised controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2018;392(10162):2353-2366.
  14. Boeve LMS, Hulshof MCCM, Vis AN, et al. Effect on Survival of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Alone Compared to Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined with Concurrent Radiation Therapy to the Prostate in Patients with Primary Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer in a Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial: Data from the HORRAD Trial. Eur Urol. 2019;75(3):410-418.
  15. Ost P, Reynders D, Decaestecker K, et al. Surveillance or metastasis-directed therapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer recurrence: A prospective, randomized, multicenter phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(5):446-453.
  16. Phillips R, Shi WY, Deek M, et al. Outcomes of Observation vs Stereotactic Ablative Radiation for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer The ORIOLE Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2020;6(5):650-659.
  17. Deek MP, van der Eecken K, Sutera P, et al. Long-Term Outcomes and Genetic Predictors of Response to Metastasis-Directed Therapy Versus Observation in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Analysis of STOMP and ORIOLE Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2022;JCO2200644.
  18. Palma DA, Olson R, Harrow S, et al. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus standard of care palliative treatment in patients with oligometastatic cancers (SABR-COMET): a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial. Lancet. 2019;393(10185):2051-2058.

The Current Landscape of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Cisplatin Eligible Patients with Clinically Localized, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Introduction

Bladder cancer is currently the 10th most commonly diagnosed malignancy worldwide, with an estimated 110,500 men and 70,000 women diagnosed annually.1 While the majority of patients are diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease (i.e. carcinoma in situ, Ta, and T1), approximately 25 to 33% of patients are initially diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer and a meaningful proportion of patients initially diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease will subsequently progress to MIBC.1

Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD, MSc, and Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc
References:
  1. Burger M, Catto JWF, Dalbagni G, et al. Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Urothelial Bladder Cancer. Eur Urol 2013;63(2):234-41.
  2. Flaig TW, Speiss PE, Abern M, et al. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Bladder Cancer, Version 2.2022. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2022;20(8):866-878.
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The Importance of a Prostate Cancer Survivorship Program: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Despite prostate cancer being the second most common cause of cancer mortality among American men,1 there are over 3 million men in the United States living with prostate cancer. As such, there are many “prostate cancer survivors” that are either on active surveillance/watchful waiting or have undergone treatment for localized (ie. radiation therapy, radical prostatectomy, focal therapy, etc) or advanced disease (ie. androgen deprivation therapy, chemotherapy, novel hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, etc).
Written by: Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc & Sherita A. King, MD
References:
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The Current Landscape of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy Combinations in Patients with Clinically Localized, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Introduction

Bladder cancer is currently the 10th most commonly diagnosed malignancy worldwide. It is estimated that approximately 110,500 men and 70,000 women are annually diagnosed with bladder cancer worldwide.1 While the majority of patients are initially diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease (i.e. carcinoma in situ, Ta, and T1), approximately 25 to 33% of patients are diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer and a meaningful proportion of patients initially diagnosed with non-muscle invasive disease will subsequently progress to MIBC.1

Written by: Rashid K. Sayyid, MD, MSc, and Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc
References:

References

  1. Burger M, Catto JWF, Dalbagni G, et al. Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Urothelial Bladder Cancer. Eur Urol 2013;63(2):234-41.
  2. Flaig TW, Speiss PE, Abern M, et al. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Bladder Cancer, Version 2.2022. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2022;20(8):866-878.
  3. EAU Guidelines: Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer.  Accessed: December 27, 2022.
  4. ASCO Cancer.Net: Bladder Cancer – Statistics. Accessed: December 27, 2022.
  5. Advanced Bladder Cancer Meta-analysis Collaboration. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in invasive bladder cancer: update of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data advanced bladder cancer (ABC) meta-analysis collaboration. Eur Urol 2005;48(2):202-5.
  6. Pfister C, Gravis G, Flechon A, et al. Dose-Dense Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin or Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Perioperative Chemotherapy for Patients With Nonmetastatic Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Results of the GETUG-AFU V05 VESPER Trial. J Clin Oncol 2022;40(18):2013-22.
  7. Rhea LP, Mendez-Marti S, Kim D, Aragon-Chin JB. Role of immunotherapy in bladder cancer. Cancer Treat Res Commun 2021;26:100296.
  8. Rose TL, Harrison MR, Deal AM, et al. Phase II Study of Gemcitabine and Split-Dose Cisplatin Plus Pembrolizumab as Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Radical Cystectomy in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2021;39(28):3140-8.
  9. Funt SA, Lattanzi M, Whiting K, et al. Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Multicenter, Single-Arm, Phase II Trial. J Clin Oncol 2022;40(12):1312-22.

Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer: Concurrent Use of Systemic Therapy with Radiotherapy in Localized and Locally Advanced Disease

External beam radiotherapy, along with radical prostatectomy, has been a mainstay treatment option for prostate cancer for decades and is currently recommended by numerous guidelines for the treatment of intermediate- and high-risk disease.1-3 Unlike surgery which is often, at least initially, planned as a monotherapy, many patients who opt for external beam radiotherapy will receive concurrent therapy. This center of excellence article will review the evidence for concurrent systemic therapy with radiotherapy in men with localized and locally advanced disease.

Written by: Rashid Sayyid, MD MSc, & Zachary Klaassen, MD MSc
References:
  1. Eastham JA, Auffenberg GB, Barocas DA, et al. Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: AUA/ASTRO Guideline, Part I: Introduction, Risk Assessment, Staging, and Risk-Based Management. J Urol. 2022;208(1):10-18.
  2. Schaeffer E, Srinivas S, Antonarakis ES, et al. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021;19(2):134-143.
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Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer: Utilization of Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy

Introduction

While external beam radiotherapy is a standard treatment option as first-line therapy for men with localized prostate cancer, it is also an important component of care for patients following radical prostatectomy. For approximately two-thirds of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, surgery is curative, and patients remain disease-free (without biochemical or radiographic evidence of recurrence).1 However, patients with adverse pathologic findings (defined as seminal vesicle invasion, extraprostatic extension, and positive surgical margins (residual tumor at the surgical site) experience up to a 60% risk of recurrence at 10 years.2
Written by: Rashid Sayyid, MD MSc, & Zachary Klaassen, MD MSc
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Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer: Utilization in the Metastatic Setting

While external beam radiotherapy is a standard treatment option as first-line therapy for men with localized prostate cancer, it has been more recently recognized as an important component in the care of men with metastatic prostate cancer. This Center of Excellence article will explore recent evidence for the utilization of radiotherapy in the metastatic setting.

Written by: Rashid Sayyid, MD MSc & Zachary Klaassen, MD MSc
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