April 09, 2025

Prostate Cancer: Biomarker Test May Predict GU Toxicity From SBRT

Researchers have validated a biomarker test for predicting the development of genitourinary adverse effects induced by stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with prostate cancer, according...

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March 24, 2023

Expert Point of View: Xin Gao, MD

Dr. Xin Gao from Harvard Medical School shares new insights on sacituzumab govitecan's efficacy in metastatic urothelial cancer patients and examines future research prospects.

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July 11, 2024

Association of Genetic Risk for Prostate Cancer With Early Prostate Cancer Death

A recent cohort study found that men at a higher genetic risk for prostate cancer were more likely to experience early death from prostate cancer compared to men with a lower genetic risk for the dise...

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February 20, 2023

Nivolumab After Surgical Resection Improves Disease-Free Survival for Patients With High-Risk Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma

Adjuvant therapy with the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab following surgery improved disease-free survival in patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma, according to new findi...

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February 20, 2023

Single-Arm Phase II Noninferiority Trial Evaluates Active Surveillance vs Cystectomy Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma

Researchers have found that following chemotherapy, 46% of patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma were able to avoid a cystectomy and achieve a 2-year metastasis-free survival, according t...

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February 06, 2025

Results From FIRE-4 Show Liquid Biopsy Can Detect RAS/BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

The results from the phase III FIRE-4 randomized clinical trial showed that liquid biopsy accurately identified patients with RAS/BRAF V600E wild type-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer. These findi...

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March 05, 2024

Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Tumor Mutational Burden and Response to Checkpoint Inhibition

Is high tumor mutational burden associated with better outcomes of checkpoint inhibition in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer? A recent single-center retrospective study in...

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February 07, 2024

Insufficiencies Discovered in Patient-Reported Outcomes Data From Genitourinary Cancer Clinical Trials

Investigators assessed whether patient-reported outcomes data are adequately analyzed and reported in genitourinary cancer clinical trials.

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January 30, 2024

Subcutaneous vs Intravenous Nivolumab in Advanced Clear Cell RCC

In previously treated patients with advanced or metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a subcutaneous formulation of nivolumab was noninferior to the intravenous formulation, according to results...

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