Treatments

FOUNDATION ONE CDx – A NEW BROAD BRUSH GENETIC TEST TO HELP MAKE BETTER TREATMENT DECISIONS

Foundation One has announced that The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a “breakthrough device” that has the potential to match cancer patients with more accurate individualized treatment regiments with just one test. This test will push the boundaries of personalized medicine as it might allow us to choose better treatments that are most likely to be effective for specific types of cancer — and to make those decisions sooner.

Apalutamide - An Oral Androgen Receptor Inhibitor for Non-Metastatic CRPC

An application has been made to the FDA for apalutamide, a possible hormonal treatment for men who are castrate resistant, but not yet metastatic.

A Real-World Analysis Of Outcomes of Early Chemotherapy in Men Newly Diagnosed With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Recent research has concluded that for men who are going to use early chemotherapy along with hormone therapy, chemotherapy should be delayed, allowing at least three weeks to pass after starting the hormone therapy before commencing the chemotherapy treatments.

Xtandi Improves Metastasis Free Survival In Men Who Are Castrate Resistant And Do Not Have Metastasis

It was announced that Enzalutamide (Xtandi) is the first androgen receptor-inhibitor to demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in metastasis-free survival (MFS) in men who have castrate resistant prostate cancer but do not have any confirmed metastases.

Two Studies Released At ASCO Demonstrate A Survival Advantage For Men Who Take Early Zytiga With ADT

Two game changing trials demonstrated that the early use of Zytiga along with hormone therapy (ADT) can provide a significant survival advantage for men with aggressive, hormone naive prostate cancer.  The data is very clear for men with metastatic disease, but there remains some controversy if this holds up for men who are not metastatic.