Daniel P. Petrylak, MD

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD

Yale University Cancer Center

New Haven, Connecticut

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, leads the genitourinary cancers medical oncology team at Smilow Cancer Hospital as director of the genitourinary cancer research group, professor, and co-director of the Cancer Signaling Network program. Dr. Petrylak joined Yale from Herbert Irving Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center with New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he served as Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Urology and began his appointment in September of 2012. Dr. Petrylak is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American College of Physicians (ACP), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Urological Association (AUA), and the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). After serving for more than 20 years as the advanced bladder chair for SWOG, Dr. Petrylak is now the Vice Chair of the Genitourinary Committee. He additionally has led multiple national and international studies in prostate and bladder cancer.

Dr. Petrylak’s research interests span both prostate and bladder cancer. He led an investigator-initiated trial of docetaxel and estramustine in castration resistant prostate cancer. The results of this study supported a phase 3 trial of this combination in SWOG led by Dr. Petrylak, which in turn, supported the FDA approval of docetaxel for castration resistant prostate cancer. This was one of the first two trials to demonstrate a survival benefit in this state of disease. Dr. Petrylak has also been instrumental in the development of immunotherapy and targeted therapies for refractory bladder cancer. His work with Enfortumab Vedotin has supported the accelerated and full FDA approval of this drug.

Dr. Petrylak received his undergraduate degree from Columbia College and his medical degree from Case Western University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and his fellowship in medical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on prostate and bladder cancer research outcomes.

Disclosures:

Dr. Petrylak has the following disclosures:

Consultant fees: *Ada Cap (Advanced Accelerator Applications), *Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca,
Bayer, *Bicycle Therapeutics, *Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, *Clovis
Oncology, *Eli Lilly, Exelixis, Gilead Sciences, *Incyte, Infinity Pharmaceuticals,
Ipsen, *Janssen, Merck & Company Inc, *Mirati, Monopteros, Pfizer,
*Pharmacyclics, Regeneron, *Roche, Sanofi Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Seattle
Genetics, *Urogen

Grant Support: Ada Cap (Advanced Accelerator Applications), *Agensys Inc, Arvinas, Astellas,
AstraZeneca, *Bayer, BioXcel Therapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb, Clovis Oncology,
Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited, *Eisai, *Eli Lilly, Endocyte, Ferring, Genentech,
Gilead Sciences, *Innocrin, *MedImmune, *Medivation, Merck, *Mirati, *Novartis,
Pfizer, *Progenics, *Replimune, *Roche, *Sanofi Aventis, Seattle Genetics

Ownership interest/investment: *Bellicum (Sold 7/2020), *Tyme (sold 10/2019)

*denotes relationships recently terminated

Talks by Daniel P. Petrylak, MD

Advanced Disease — A Real Need for Understanding and Shared Care

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, stresses the importance of taking a multidisciplinary approach when treating prostate cancer. Not only does this mean involving urologists, oncologists, and primary care physicians for better access to therapies and coordination of care, but also involving nutritionist, mental health professionals, and pain management experts for maintaining patients’ quality of life.

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New Targets for Advanced Bladder Cancer

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, discusses the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors in previously cisplatin treated metastatic urothelial carcinoma patients and the need for better biomarkers for checkpoint proteins. He also identifies future directions for treating the disease, including ipilimumab/nivolumab and epacadostat/ pembrolizumab combinations, and PD-L1 immunohistochemical staining.

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