Genitourinary Cancer

Illuccix, a preparation kit for injectable Ga-68, has been approved to select patients for radioligand therapy before taxane chemotherapy.

Patients with advanced RCC who were treated with nivolumab plus cabozantinib had a median PFS of 16.4 months compared with 8.3 months from sunitinib alone.

Patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer experienced increase rPFS and other efficacy end points with darolutamide plus ADT.

Increase in QOL and decrease in sexual function are among the benefits and risks, respectively, of adding SADT to EBRT for intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

MyCareGorithm was met with high approval from patients, companions, and physicians, with all 3 groups reporting they’d recommend the tool to other patients.

Patients with mCRPC taking LuPSMA had a median OS of 34 months vs 26 months with enzalutamide alone.

With delays in biomarker testing and treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, continued education is needed to address these gaps.

Patients with HRR-deficient metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer saw a 14-month boost in OS and a 38% lower risk of death with talazoparib plus enzalutamide.

In a phase 1 trial, all 9 patients with renal cell carcinoma treated with a neoantigen-targeting personalized cancer vaccine showed no recurrence at data cutoff.

Frontline treatment with belzutifan and cabozantinib resulted in durable responses and a manageable safety profile in patients with previously untreated advanced ccRCC.

Sasanlimab plus BCG improved outcomes in high-risk, BCG-naive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

The FDA accepted a supplemental new drug application to darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Oncology nurses can utilize risk assessment to predict patients at increased risk for cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury.

Follow-up with cholesterol control and audiological assessments is suggested for cisplatin-treated patients with cancer.

Enzalutamide with and without leuprolide improves rates of undetectable PSA levels compared with leuprolide alone in castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer treated with enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab experienced a reduction in the risk for disease progression or death vs chemotherapy.

Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in primary renal cell cancer may be a treatment approach with an acceptable adverse effect profile and with minimal impact on renal function.

Patients with metastatic urothelial cancer treated with frontline maintenance therapy with avelumab following platinum-based chemotherapy in the real-world setting had similar outcomes as observed in the JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial.

Overall, the transition from breast to genitourinary cancer has added depth and dimension to my knowledge of cancer care.

A modified dosing schedule may make treatment with ipilimumab plus nivolumab more tolerable for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Olaparib improved survival outcomes in all assessed subgroups of patients with BRCA-altered metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

The FDA has approved belzutifan to treat patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have already undergone PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor and a VEGF tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Leah Shaw, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC; and Jessica Deinert, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, share their clinical pearls in managing treatment-related adverse events in prostate cancer care.

A priority review of nivolumab plus cisplatin-based chemotherapy as a frontline treatment option for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma is underway.

Frontline treatment with enfortumab vedotin/pembrolizumab is associated with the highest healthcare costs for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.