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- (Length of Discussion: 10 min) Michael Cookson, MD, MMHC, talks with Alicia Morgans, MD on the newest developments in the AUA CRPC guidelines incorporating the results of the SPARTAN and PROSPER nmCRPC studies. The intent of this guideline amendment is to update current management of index patient 1: asymptomatic non-metastatic CRPC. Michael shares the need to revamp current guidelines which are s...
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- (Length of Discussion: 11 min) Ashish Kamat, MD, MPH and Alicia Morgans, MD discuss non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, where the field stands particularly for BCG refractory patients and the definition of the BCG unresponsive patient. Ashish overviews the efforts of the SUO-CTC Bladder Committee and important updates and trials in this disease state . Biographies: Ashish M. Kamat, MD Alicia Morga...
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- Stephen Williams and Ashish Kamat discuss the paper, Impact of Psychiatric Illness on Decreased Survival in Elderly Patients with Bladder Cancer in the United States, a study which addresses problems that bladder cancer patients face and the difficulties they experience coping after major interventions for bladder cancer therapy. The conversation also includes recommendations on how to educate and...
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- (Length of Presentation: 12 min) Phillip Koo, MD presents the impact of advanced imaging in prostate cancer and his imaging strategy for the M0 CRPC patient. His discussion is shaped around the impact next-generation imaging has had on prostate cancer and M0 CRPC with the approvals of Axumin PET/CT, PSMA PET/CT, and Choline PET/CT, and improving the image quality compared to CT and Bone Scan. He d...
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- (Length of Discussion: 5 min) Roger Demokowski and Alan Wein discuss the upcoming International Continence Society 48th Annual Meeting (ICS 2018) taking place in Philadelphia, PA this upcoming summer from August 28 - 31, 2018. Biographies: Roger R. Dmochowski, M.D., M.M.H.C, Program Clinical Chair, ICS, Professor, Department of Urologic Surgery, Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Professionalism,...
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- (Length of Discussion: 21 min) Russell Szmulewitz talks with Alicia Morgans about a trial that evaluated abiraterone with food and how that might affect relative patient outcomes, such as PSA. This study sought to test the hypothesis that low-dose Abiraterone acetate (AA) (LOW; 250 mg with a low-fat meal) would have comparable activity to standard dosed AA (STD; 1,000 mg fasting) in patients with...
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- (Length of Discussion: 30 min) Arjun Balar, MD overviews his presentation from the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting (AACR 2018) meeting on durvalumab plus tremelimumab, combination data in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer. A phase I, Study 10, of data which shows clinical activity with combination treatment in 2nd-line metastatic urothelial carcinoma. A study desig...
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- Fred Saad and Charles Ryan discuss the Movember Foundation sponsored, INTense Exercise foR surVivAL Among Men With Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer Study (INTERVAL). This is a randomized phase 3 study of exercise in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The objective of the study is to determine if high intensity aerobic and resistance training plus psychosoc...
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- (Length of Discussion: 23 min) Eric Small discusses (SPARTAN), the Study of Apalutamide in Men With Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with Alicia Morgans. He reviews the trial and the practical clinical practice questions that the data raises. He details the logic behind the development of the study and the unmet need for this patient population. Other key points discussed includ...
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- (Length of Discussion: 16 min) Dr. Tom Keane discusses the rapidly changing landscape in advanced bladder cancer with the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors. To begin his discussion he references a presentation by Thomas Powles, MD from the 2018 ASCO GU meeting where Dr. Powles provided an overview of immune checkpoint inhibitors in urothelial carcinoma at the current time and Dr. Powles...
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