Not All Patients Benefit Equally: New Score Refines Cabazitaxel Use

A new analysis reports the development of a simple clinical score that may help physicians better identify which men are most likely to benefit from treatment with cabazitaxel after disease progression on earlier therapies. The work, based on a post-hoc analysis of the CABASTY study and validated in two major phase-3 trials, suggests that survival […]

Immune‑transcriptomic correlates of response to alpha‑ versus beta‑emitting PRRT in neuroendocrine tumors

Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is being used more often to treat certain solid tumors, such as neuroendocrine tumors that express somatostatin receptors and some prostate cancers. One form of PRRT uses a beta‑emitting drug (177Lu‑DOTATATE), which is currently the standard treatment for many of these neuroendocrine tumors. Another, newer approach uses an alpha‑emitting drug […]

Darolutamide Linked to Better Real‑World Outcomes than Enzalutamide or Apalutamide in nmCRPC

A large real‑world study in nonmetastatic castration‑resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) called DEAR‑EXT, published on Nature, has added new detail to how the three androgen receptor inhibitors (darolutamide, enzalutamide, and apalutamide) behave outside of randomized trials, using data from over 1,300 men treated in US urology practices between 2019 and 2023. The analysis builds on an […]

CT Muscle Measure Guides Treatment Benefit in New Prostate Cancer: STAMPEDE Findings

Skeletal muscle index measured from regular CT scans works as a simple marker to predict outcomes and treatment response in newly diagnosed hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, based on this STAMPEDE study review. Low muscle, or sarcopenia, is common in advanced prostate cancer and gets worse with hormone therapy, but skeletal muscle index (SMI) uses psoas muscle […]

Genomic Alterations and LuPSMA Outcomes in mCRPC: A Prognostic Insight

Genomic alterations like TP53, PTEN, and RB1 mutations are prevalent in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), yet their impact on response to 177Lu-PSMA-617 (LuPSMA, Pluvicto) radioligand therapy remains underexplored. A recent retrospective study published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine analyzed 72 mCRPC patients treated with at least one cycle of LuPSMA between October 2022 […]

Docetaxel Rechallenge vs Cabazitaxel in mCRPC: VA Cohort Study

A retrospective cohort study published January 2, 2026, in JAMA Network Open compared docetaxel rechallenge to cabazitaxel in 669 patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system from 2010 to 2023. All patients had received at least three cycles of initial docetaxel without disease progression and then one intervening systemic […]

NADIR Model: A Prognostic Framework for Early Treatment Stratification in mHSPC

Doctors treating advanced prostate cancer start patients on hormone therapy plus a drug called an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor, or ARPI. These drugs work well for most men, but doctors must wait six months to check if the PSA blood level drops very low, to 0.2 nanograms per milliliter or less. This low PSA strongly […]

PROSTest: Blood mRNA Assay Predicts 177Lu-PSMA Success in mCRPC After One Cycle

A study presented at the 2025 Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) Annual Meeting has introduced PROSTest, a novel blood-based mRNA assay that accurately predicts treatment outcomes for 177Lu-PSMA radioligand therapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. The multi-center investigation analyzed 268 PET-positive mCRPC patients from centers in Munster, Basel, and Essen, all with median […]

Subgroup Analysis of The ARASENS Trial

The ARASENS trial, a large phase 3 study, investigated the impact of adding darolutamide, a novel androgen receptor inhibitor, to the standard treatment of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) and docetaxel chemotherapy in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). A recent subgroup analysis focused on whether the benefits of this combination extend across age groups. In […]

mRNA-based COVID-19 Vaccines Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes?

At the 2025 ESMO Congress, interesting data was presented showing that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines significantly improve outcomes for cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy. This large retrospective study, conducted by MD Anderson Cancer Center in collaboration with the University of Florida, analyzed clinical data from over 1,000 patients with various types of cancer treated between 2019 and […]