Prostate Cancer

Researchers indicate that the current data suggest that race does not have a negative prognostic effect in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases.
 

The risk for a major cardiovascular event was reduced by more than half in patients who received Relumina compared to the hormone associated therapy leuprolide.
 

“We don't know what the best treatment paradigm is for a patient whose disease is most clearly manifest on a PSMA scan as opposed to standard imaging,” said Dr. Michael J. Morris. “All that work has yet to be done, and we can only do it once we have the scan available to us as a tool in the United States.”
 

Each month, we take a look back at the most popular CURE® stories. Here are the top five stories for June 2020.
 

A PCF-funded study of men with prostate cancer in Italy suggests that men with prostate cancer who were taking ADT were 4 times less likely to be infected with the coronavirus than men who were not on ADT (androgen deprivation therapy), and 5 times less likely to die. These new findings are a game-changer and may lead to potential treatments for COVID-19, even in men without prostate cancer.
 

Immunotherapy could help a segment of patients with metastatic prostate cancer, a study found.
 

“On the basis of these results, (LuPSMA) appears to represent a new class of effective therapy for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer,” said Dr. Michael S. Hofman.
 

“These results provide compelling evidence for early darolutamide (Nubeqa) treatment in men with nonmetastatic CRPC,” lead study author Dr. Karim Fizazi, said in a virtual presentation during the meeting.
 

After a median follow-up of 15.8 months, patients within the mCRPC cohort who received the combination achieved an objective response rate of 33%.