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- Wassim Abida joins Charles Ryan in a discussion on a JAMA Oncology published paper on the Analysis of the Prevalence of Microsatellite Instability in Prostate Cancer and Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade. Wassim details the prevalence of MSI-H/dMMR prostate cancer and the clinical benefit of anti–PD-1/programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy in this molecularly defined population. The...
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- Richard Lee, a 2017 PCF Challenge Award recipient, discusses his research on the metabolics of prostate cancer. The upcoming Phase 1 research in men with CRPC is centered around inhibiting the glutaminase pathway in combination with a PARP inhibitor. The rationale for targeting the glutaminase pathway stems from the fact that cancer cells deplete glucose as a carbon source, a necessary element for...
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- Suresh C. Srivastava presents the unique opportunities and future for nuclear medicine, including theragnostic radiopharmaceuticals for molecular imaging plus therapy and getting closer to personalized medicine, selection criteria, production, and the nuclear, physical, and chemical properties of certain dual-purpose radionuclides, including those that are currently being used, or studied and eval...
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- (Length of Discussion: 12 min) Charles Ryan and Andrew Armstrong discuss the PROPHECY study, a PCF challenge award, co-funded by Movember. Seeing the future with predictive biomarkers was the foundational vision for this study. For men with castration-resistant prostate cancer undergoing a range of therapies, two AR-V7 tests were prospectively compared to see how well they predicted both progressi...
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- (Length of Discussion: 16 min) Charles Ryan and Ken Pienta discuss the process of metastasis in prostate cancer, referring to the seed and soil hypothesis and the influence of the tumor microenvironment and immune system. Biography: Kenneth J. Pienta, MD, The Donald S. Coffey Professor of Urology, Professor of Oncology, Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital R...
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- Noel Clarke shares a recent update in his work focused on the PARP inhibitor, olaparib for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) in combination with abiraterone. Biographies: Noel W Clarke, Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director of the Genitourinary Research Group, Manchester University, Consultant Urologist at Salford Royal Hospital and The Christie, Manchester Charles J. Ry...
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- Charles Ryan and Fred Saad discuss the data results in patients with mCRPC from a combined therapeutic approach with abiraterone and apalutamide. They discuss the rationale and theory behind these results. They move to discuss the quality of life analysis for patients with CRPC. A review of the SPARTAN trial and the optimistic results from his work. Biographies: Fred Saad MD FRCS is a full-time pr...
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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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- 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 presentation: 17 min) Alicia Morgans, MD discusses the UPWARD Study with Susan Slovin, MD, PhD. A study Dr. Slovin was a part of conducting to answer the question “Are seizure rates affected by treatment with enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have seizure risk factors?” Dr. Slovin discusses with Dr. Morgans the reasons for conducting the U...
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