John W. Davis, MD, presented “The Optimal Nadir T Level on ADT Is <20mg/mL” during the 29th Annual International Prostate Cancer Update on January 26, 2019 in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
How to cite: Davis, John W. “The Optimal Nadir T Level on ADT Is <20mg/mL” January 26, 2019. Accessed Jul 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/the-optimal-nadir-t-level-on-adt-is/
The Optimal Nadir T Level on ADT Is <20mg/mL
John W. Davis, MD, debates the pros of using <20mg/mL as a threshold for the optimal nadir level of serum testosterone in prostate cancer patients treated with ADT.
Summary:
John W. Davis, MD, debates the pros of using <20mg/mL as a threshold for the optimal nadir level of serum testosterone in prostate cancer patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Dr. Davis reviews commonly-held perspectives on maintaining testosterone over 20 mg/mL on ADT and how these perspectives relate to ADT predictions. He then reviews studies focusing on the connection between the M1 space and T levels.
About the International Prostate Cancer Update
The International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU) is an annual, multi-day CME conference focused on prostate cancer treatment updates. The conference’s faculty consists of international experts, and the event caters to urologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and other healthcare professionals. Topics encompass prostate cancer management, from diagnosis to treating advanced and metastatic disease. Dr. Davis presented this lecture during the 29th IPCU in 2019. Please visit this page in order to learn more about future IPCU meetings.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John W. Davis, MD, is a Professor of Urology and Director of the Urosurgical Prostate Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He received his BS in Biology at Davidson College in North Carolina in 1990. He then went on to earn his medical degree at the University of Virginia in 1994 and completed his residency training at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine in Norfolk. Dr. Davis had fellowship training in prostate cancer research in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and received an American Foundation of Urologic Disease Scholar award for proteomic applications in prostate cancer biomarkers. He completed a Clinical Fellowship in Urologic Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and a Fellowship in Laparoscopic Urology at Charité Hospital in Berlin, Germany, under the mentorship of Ingolf Tuerk.
Dr. Davis’ clinical interests include patients with urologic cancers, laparoscopic/robotic surgery, and general urology. His academic interests include quality of life after prostate cancer treatment, outcomes for robotic radical prostatectomy, high-risk prostate cancer trials, active surveillance for prostate cancer, and development of robotic surgical techniques for invasive bladder cancer. He has participated as an investigator in several Southwest Oncology Group and industry-sponsored clinical trials.
