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November 22nd 2024
Patients with PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer showed benefits after receiving PSMA-targeted treatment.
November 18th 2024
Erleada Improves Survival in Prostate Cancer Subset
February 1st 2019In topline findings from the phase 3 TITAN trial (NCT02489318) announced today by Janssen, Erleada (apalutamide) in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly improved radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) versus placebo in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.
Aggressive Radiation Therapy Improves Survival in Patients with Metastatic Cancer
October 23rd 2018A high dose of precision radiation could drastically increase the survival rates of patients with metastatic cancer, and double the time patients live without cancer growth, according to study results presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
Rubraca Granted Breakthrough Designation for Prostate Cancer
October 2nd 2018The FDA has granted the PARP inhibitor Rubraca (rucaparib) a breakthrough therapy designation for single-agent use in adult patients with BRCA1/2-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) following at least one androgen receptor–directed therapy and taxane-based chemotherapy.
Knowledge About Inherited Gene Mutations Is Changing Prostate Cancer Treatment
September 1st 2018Family history was one indicator that a man should undergo periodic screening, but it wasn’t until a couple of decades ago that scientists confirmed a link between inherited mutations of the BRCA gene and the development of prostate cancer.