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Metformin is commonly prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. We hypothesized that metformin plus androgen deprivation therapy may be beneficial in combination. Our objective was to assess this combination in a retrospective cohort of patients with advanced prostate cancer. Using national Veterans Affairs databases we identified all men diagnosed with prostate cancer between […]

Radical prostatectomy reduces mortality among men with clinically detected localized prostate cancer, but evidence from randomized trials with long-term follow-up is sparse. We randomly assigned 695 men with localized prostate cancer to watchful waiting or radical prostatectomy from October 1989 through February 1999 and collected follow-up data through 2017. Cumulative incidence and relative risks with […]

Checkpoint inhibitors have not been effective for prostate cancer as single agents. Durvalumab is a human IgG1-K monoclonal antibody that targets programmed death ligand 1 and is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer and locally advanced, unresectable stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer. Olaparib, a poly […]

{{header-clinical-trials-navigation}} A Phase II Trial to Evaluate Combination Therapy With Pemetrexed and Avelumab in Previously Treated Patients With MTAP-Deficient Advanced Urothelial Cancer Condition: Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma Sarcomatoid Variant, Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma With Glandular Differentiation, Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma With Squamous Differentiation, Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Micropapillary Variant, Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Plasmacytoid Variant, […]

Free-hand transperineal prostate (fTP-Bx) biopsy offers an alternative to transrectal prostate biopsy (TRUS-Bx) in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Our objectives were to determine whether fTP-Bx achieves cancer detection rates comparable to historic TRUS-Bx cohorts; to determine infectious and other complications associated with fTP-B; and to propose a standardized fTP-Bx template.

Disease progression despite androgen suppression defines lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Most of these cancers remain androgen receptor (AR)-signaling dependent. Therapy for metastatic CRPC includes abiraterone acetate, enzalutamide, docetaxel, cabazitaxel, sipuleucel-T, and radium-223. However, survival remains modest for men with progressive disease despite AR-targeted therapy and docetaxel, and therefore novel treatments are needed. Areas covered: […]

{{header-clinical-trials-navigation}} A Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label, Multi-Center, Global Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Durvalumab in Combination With Gemcitabine+Cisplatin for Neoadjuvant Treatment Followed by Durvalumab Alone for Adjuvant Treatment in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Condition: Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Intervention: Drug: Durvalumab Drug: Cisplatin Drug: Gemcitabine Purpose: A Global Study to Determine […]

In patients treated for prostate cancer, a rising serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level is a first sign of relapse, but imaging is needed to determine the localization of the recurrence, which may be local, in lymph nodes, and/or metastatic. With the increasing success rate of earlier salvage therapy, the diagnosis has become pertinent when the […]

Patients with biochemical recurrence following primary prostate cancer (PCa) treatment often experience relapse in the lymph nodes (LNs). Both salvage LN dissection (sLND) and elective nodal radiotherapy (ENRT) are potential treatment options. To describe anatomic patterns of nodal oligorecurrent PCa in relation to different surgical and radiotherapy templates. Patients with biochemical recurrence following primary PCa […]