February 18th 2024
Despite socioeconomic and biological differences that contribute to disparities between Black men and White men with prostate cancer, improved access has been shown to reduce the gaps, explained Jun Gong, MD, of Cedars Sinai.
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Dr Ashley Ross on the Potential for Targeted Therapies Earlier in Prostate Cancer Treatment
February 3rd 2021Ashley Ross, MD, urologist and associate professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, gives insight on the potential for PARP inhibitors in earlier disease settings for prostate cancer.
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Study Finds Shorter Radiation Regimen Safe, Effective for Advanced Prostate Cancer
January 30th 2021Shortening a traditional 45-day course of radiation therapy to 5 days of stereotactic body radiotherapy for patients with advanced, high-risk prostate cancer is safe and effective, a study from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found.
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Congress passes legislation that will delay the start of the Radiation Oncology (RO) Advanced Payment Model; examining the newly identified variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); a study finds Hispanics and those without college degrees most subject to excess death during pandemic.
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African American Men Face Higher Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer, but Not Necessarily Death
November 26th 2020Multiple studies have suggested African American men tend to have more aggressive forms of prostate cancer, but a new study suggests that may not translate to a higher risk of death.
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FDA Approves Olaparib for HRR Gene–Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
May 20th 2020The therapy is for patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline somatic homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene–mutated cancer or for those whose cancer has progressed after prior treatment with enzalutamide or abiraterone.
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USPSTF Recommends Patient Choice for Prostate Cancer Screening
May 11th 2018The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that men aged 55 to 69 make their own decision on whether or not to be screened periodically for prostate cancer after they have had a conversation with their physician on potential benefits and harms.
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