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- In this conversation, Mathew Cooperberg and Stacy Loeb discuss recent advances in prostate cancer screening and shared decision making in the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Dr. Loeb highlights findings from a Journal of the National Cancer Institute publication looking at trends of PSA screening in the VA healthcare system and which found a decline in the use of PSA testing among PSA eligibl...
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- M Minhaj Siddiqui joins Matthew Cooperberg to highlight the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grant awarded to researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). The grant supports the initiative to highlight, to a greater extent, the patient's voice in determining the next course of action to chart in the future of active surveillance in the United States. Mo...
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- Ruth Etzioni, PhD joins Matthew Cooperberg, MD MPH in a discussion about the role and history of prostate cancer modeling based upon PSA. Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) is a consortium of NCI-sponsored investigators who use simulation modeling to improve our understanding of cancer control interventions in prevention, screening, and treatment and their effects on po...
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- Alicia Morgans and Ashley Ross delve into the use of relugolix in radiation settings for prostate cancer. They explore the drug's advantages, including rapid testosterone recovery and fewer cardiovascular side effects, making it a viable option for patients with intermediate to high-risk localized disease. Dr. Ross emphasizes the drug's utility in the "early salvage space," particularly for patien...
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- Ashley Ross is joined by Daniel Spratt presenting a European Association of Urology publication on A Systematic Review of the Evidence for the Decipher Genomic Classifier in Prostate Cancer . In a field of rapidly acquiring data, among the challenges that motivated this systematic review was the breadth of papers and data being published. Dr. Spratt and colleagues sought to acquire the most up-to-...
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- The Canary Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS) is a multi-center research study for men who have chosen active surveillance to manage their prostate cancer. Canary is the world’s only non-profit focused solely on early cancer detection. Active surveillance in PASS means closely monitoring men with prostate cancer and offering treatment if test results show the cancer is getting worse. This i...
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- Brian Chapin, MD, joins Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS, in conversation discussing conceiving and executing large phase III trials focused on the management of localized prostate cancer. Dr. Chapin highlights what it takes to get one of these trials off the ground and what the future of trials looks like for men with localized disease. He specifically highlights the actively recruiting Phase II...
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- Historically called Gleason 6, and more recently referred to as Grade Group 1, is a term that started in the 1960s with Don Gleason's original description. It was more universally adopted by the late 1980s, and the Grade Group system was initiated in 2014. In this conversation with Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS, Scott Eggener, MD offers his perspective on the importance of understanding Gleaso...
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- Christopher Sweeney, MD, sits down with Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH to discuss “DASL-HiCaP: Darolutamide Augments Standard Therapy for Localized Very High-Risk Prostate Cancer,” a phase 3, 1100 patient study lead by the ANZUP group which randomizes men with high-risk prostate cancer to darolutamide or standard of care. Biographies: Christopher Sweeney, MBBS, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical Scho...
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- Rana McKay joins Alicia Morgans to discuss the outcomes of a study investigating randomized patients with high-risk prostate cancer (Gleason ≥4+3, PSA > 20, T3 disease, and lymph nodes
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