Genitourinary Cancer

Immunotherapy is changing the cancer treatment game as therapies continue to be approved for more and more tumor types. This creates more responsibilities for oncology nurses.

Educate, engage and energize — those are the three main verbs and goals of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s (BCAN) first ever leadership summit.

Despite obesity as a risk factor for clear cell RCC, a high BMI is a prognostic factor for improved survival in patients with metastatic RCC.

Patients undergoing Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer may be at risk of significant psychological effects.

Matthew Galsky, MD, medical oncologist, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses treating different subsets of bladder cancer.

While urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction are two burdensome side effects from prostate cancer treatment, new online programs are showing promise in helping men cope in both the short and long term.

The health benefits of yoga are many, but in the oncology setting, studies of the approach have focused primarily on women with breast cancer. However, a small, first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is exploring how yoga may also improve treatment-related symptoms in men who are undergoing radiotherapy for their prostate cancer. And the results, thus far, are promising.

To help patients decide whether active surveillance or a more aggressive approach is best to treat their localized, low-risk prostate cancer, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University created an online decision-support tool that relies on a trained nurse educator to help patients better understand their treatment options.

Celestia S. Higano, MD, of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses sexual health services that are available to survivors of prostate cancer.

Daniela Delbeau, RN, clinical research nurse coordinator at the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses how individuals react differently to treatment.

Alyson Moadel, PhD, director of psychosocial oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, discusses partner-related side effects of prostate cancer.

Matthew Galsky, MD, medical oncologist, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses treatment for lymph node-positive bladder cancer.

Researchers have discovered that shorter, more intensive radiation treatment for patients in the early stages of prostate cancer can be performed without compromising cancer control.

The FDA granted the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) an accelerated approval as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Although androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has a survival benefit for patients with high-risk and locally advanced prostate cancer, it is associated with substantial safety concerns, and mixed data exist regarding whether ADT causes clinically significant depression.

The US Congress passed the Agent Orange Act of 1991 to address whether exposure to herbicides, such as Agent Orange, contributed to long-term health effects in Vietnam veterans.

The FDA has approved cabozantinib as a treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have received prior antiangiogenic therapy.

Sumanta K. Pal, MD, City of Hope Cancer Center, discusses the great strides in kidney cancer care that have been made in the past decade.

E. David Crawford, MD, professor of radiation oncology University of Colorado Denver, discusses the potential side effects of frequently used prostate cancer treatments.

Empowering patients with prostate cancer and their caregivers through practical information and insight into the medical world to help them be better informed.

Androgen-deprivation therapy, while an effective treatment for prostate cancer, can result in side effects and a reduced quality of life.

For undiagnosed men who took regular aspirin their risk of developing a lethal form of prostate cancer was reduced by 24%, and among those already diagnosed with the disease, regular aspirin use lowered their risk of dying from it by 39%.

Based on an extension in overall survival (OS) in the CheckMate-025 trial, Opdivo (nivolumab) has been approved by the FDA for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following prior treatment with an anti-angiogenic therapy.

SonaCare Medical's Sonablate 450 ultrasound device has received de novo clearance by the FDA for ablation of prostate tissue.

Not always reported by men with prostate cancer.

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) and Paradigm today announced a partnership for the launch of a large-scale genomically-driven bladder cancer study. The Hoosier Cancer Research Network (HCRN) will act as the coordinating center.

While controversial, advances in understanding how prostate cancer treatments impact the physiology of erections have led to increased interest in penile rehabilitation interventions for these patients.

Two web-based interventions that help men with prostate cancer deal with sexual dysfunction and other common side effects of treatment are demonstrating how tech tools can be successfully deployed to address the psychosocial needs of patients, their caregivers, and survivors.