E. David Crawford, MD, reviews the findings and recommendations of the Radiographic Assessments for Detection of Advanced Recurrence (RADAR) I and II working groups. Phillip J. Koo, MD, then discusses the rationale for RADAR III and the expansion in recommendations from the first two iterations, focusing on updates regarding next generation imaging.
E. David Crawford, MD, reviews the historical developments in androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer and the emergence of the non-metastatic castration-resistant, or M0, prostate cancer. He then describes future directions for treatment options for these patients with a focus on androgen pathway inhibitors.
This Commentary will discuss these developments and the current indications for enzalutamide (ENZ) and new studies of ENZ as monotherapy
Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, provides a brief update on data regarding sipuleucel-T for castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), as well as pembrolizumab for microsatellite instability (MSI) -high metastatic prostate cancer patients.
Daniel Petrylak, MD, stresses the importance of a multidisciplinary approach when treating prostate cancer. Not only does this mean involving urologists, oncologists, and primary care physicians, but also involving nutritionist, mental health professionals, and pain management experts for maintaining patients’ QOL.
Dr. Emmanuel Antonarakis discusses treating chemo-naive metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and then discusses the impact of AR-V7 in CRPC.