“Whether a patient goes on to have radiation therapy, radical surgery, or focal therapy, or a whole host of other types of surgery or prostate cancer treatment that may follow, [that] can largely dictate where they may end up on the spectrum of having a bladder problem, a bladder outlet problem, or a urethral problem,” says Jai Seth, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCS.
In this video, Marta Skrodzka, MD, PhD, FEBU, FECSM, FEAA, and Jai Seth, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCS, discuss the associated side effects of prostate cancer treatments, including sexual dysfunction and urinary incontinence. Specifically, they explain why urologists should consider these common and debilitating conditions when managing this disease. This discussion is part of a larger forum on prostate cancer survivorship with Netty Kinsella, RN, MSc, PhD. Skrodzka is a consultant urologist and Seth is a urology consultant at St George’s University Hospital, and Kinsella is a uro-oncology nurse consultant at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London, United Kingdom.
FDA greenlights phase 3 study of LAE201 in mCRPC
May 23rd 2024"Since the phase 2 data of the combination therapy of LAE002 (afuresertib) plus LAE001 demonstrated encouraging anti-tumor activity and safety profile in patients with mCRPC, a following phase 3 pivotal trial design has been discussed with the US FDA and the approval for the protocol has been received this month," said Yong Yue, MD, PhD.
Cell-cycle risk score is predictive of ADT benefit in prostate cancer
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