Prostate Cancer

Forward Momentum, a coalition launched by a biopharmaceutical company and three partners, focuses on the health disparities faced by Black men with prostate cancer.

From a new study showing that the iCanQuit smoking cessation app is more likely to work than typical guidelines, to the House unanimously passing the Veteran’s Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Act, here’s what’s happening in the cancer landscape this week.

The PARP inhibitor Lynparza reduced the risk for death by 31% in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer compared with Xtandi or Zytiga plus the corticosteroid prednisone.