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BRCA1/2, prostate cancer, and the Angelina Jolie effect
According to an article in The Sunday Times in the UK over the weekend, a well-known surgeon in the UK is claiming to have carried out “the first” radical prostatectomy on a man with no ot… more →
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BRCA1/2, prostate cancer, and the Angelina Jolie effect
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wrote 1 day ago: According to an article in The Sunday Times in the UK over the weekend, a well-known surgeon in the … more →
First-line enzalutamide in high-risk, ADT-naive patients (including those with metastatic disease)
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wrote 4 days ago: According to data to be presented at the upcoming meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncolo … more →
Olaparib shows activity in advanced, BRCA1/2-positive prostate cancer
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wrote 5 days ago: Apparently a drug known as olaparib (a so-called poly-ADP ribose polymerase or PARP inhibitor) has s … more →
Tokai gets funding to expand Phase II trial of galeterone in CRPC
wrote 5 days ago: In April 2012 we had noted that Tokai Pharmaceuticals was planning to initiate a Phase II trial of i … more →
US FDA approves radium-223 dichloride for treatment of men with mCRPC
wrote 5 days ago: The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink apologizes for a delay in letting readers know that o … more →
Radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer in men with diabetes mellitus
wrote 1 week ago: A new paper recently published on line in Urology (“the Gold Journal”) suggests that men … more →
Oncotype DX and risk for clinically significant prostate cancer
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wrote 1 week ago: Last September we asked whether the Oncotype DX test for risk of prostate cancer developed by Genomi … more →
Ipilimumab ± radiation therapy in men with mCRPC
wrote 1 week ago: Final data have just been reported on the results of a Phase I/II study of treatment with ipilimumab … more →
AUA, ASTRO issue new guidance on radiation after radical prostatectomy
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wrote 1 week ago: So the American Urology Association (AUA) is clearly “on a roll” when it comes to guidan … more →
AUA also issues new guidance on treatment of patients with CRPC
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Earlier today, the American Urological Association issued new guidance to its members on the managem … more →
Abiraterone acetate for men with metastatic disease and a sub-optimal response to ADT
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) is very keen to complete the accrual of patients to a small, Pha … more →
Statin use before diagnosis associated with less risk of prostate cancer-specific mortality
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wrote 2 weeks ago: According to an article just published on line in Prostate, taking statins before a diagnosis of pro … more →
New Phase III trial is testing ADT + bicalutamide vs. ADT + TAK-700
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wrote 2 weeks ago: It has been brought to our attention that the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) has initiated a new, r … more →
"HG-PIN alone should not be an indication for further biopsies" in the PSA era
wrote 2 weeks ago: A podium presentation by Kingman et al. at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Urological As … more →
Patient satisfaction during and after the decision to undergo radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer
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wrote 2 weeks ago: A paper to be presented at the upcoming AUA annual meeting from what appears to be an ex-US group of … more →
Ablatherm HIFU data on 5,000+ patients with T1 to T3 localized prostate cancer
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Another paper to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Urological Association … more →
mpMRI in diagnosis and management of prostate cancer tomorrow
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wrote 3 weeks ago: A new review article in Oncology discusses the potential of multiparametric magnetic resonance imagi … more →
New meta-analysis endorses IADT for good responders to initial CADT
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wrote 3 weeks ago: A new meta-analysis of data from nine large clinical trials suggests that, “There is fair evid … more →
TMRPSS2-ERG and PCA3 as markers of risk for men entering active surveillance protocols
wrote 3 weeks ago: A new study just published on line in Clinical Cancer Research shows a degree of correlation between … more →
