Urologic Oncology   

Questions discussed in this category


If ADT acts as a systemic treatment, we would have expected to see a benefit with an RP just like with radiation. Yet, this is not the case. What are ...

Are there specific AR Pathway inhibitors that can be crushed and used through feeding tube or would you just avoid ARPIs in such patients?

How do you decide between ureteral stent and percutaneous nephrostomy for decompression?

How does time since radiation, original PSA and grade group/gleason score inform your decision? 

For example, a patient that received an MRI after biopsy that demonstrates a PIRADS 5 lesion in anterior TZ which likely was not sampled on biopsy. Wo...

Which patients specifically benefit from both mpMRI and PET-PSMA?

Based on GI regimen or urothelial carcinoma regimens?

Confirmed no urothelial carcinoma and muscle in specimen without involvement. 

Does this raise concerns about the efficacy of adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibition? Are any preliminary results from AMBASSADOR (adjuvant pembrolizu...

The forest plot from CheckMate 274 did not show a benefit for such patients? How would you select between adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant nivoluma...

Is a 3 month delay too long in someone who had postoperative complications?

Is there a benefit to cytoreductive nephrectomy if residual metastases are not resected? Any benefit to extending surgery to other metastatic sites?

GS 4+4. PSA low (1-2). CT and bone scan negative for lymphadenopathy or metastatic disease.  Prostate MRI pending. 

Wouldn't lymph node dissection improve sensitivity of staging and inform adjuvant treatment decisions?

Should cystectomy remain standard of care? (Recently debated in JAMA Oncology: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2520055...

Is there a role for salvage LN dissection or salvage RT to the node? And is there a role for systemic therapy (ADT or chemotherapy) in addition? If yo...


Papers discussed in this category


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J Urol, 2020 Apr

Lancet, 2020 Mar 05

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Abdom Radiol (NY), 2019 Aug 29

Lancet Oncol, 2021 May 26

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Lancet Oncol, 2021 Mar 12

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European urology, 2017-07

Urol Oncol, 2022 Mar 27

J Urol, 2019 01

Nat Rev Urol, 2021 Jan 11

N Engl J Med, 2020 Sep 18

J Clin Oncol, 2022 Aug 30

J Urol, 2021 Jan 27

Eur Urol, 2020 Jan 08

Lancet, 2016 Mar 19

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2017-07-10

The Lancet. Oncology, 2023 May 12

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BJU international, 2017 May 29

European urology, 2022 Apr 18

The New England journal of medicine, 2018-05-10

The New England journal of medicine, 2020 Mar 05

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Jan 20

JAMA oncology, 2023 Mar 01

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Pract Radiat Oncol, 2023 Jul 11

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Eur Urol, 2020 Dec 10

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J Clin Oncol, 2023 Apr 27

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The Lancet. Oncology, 2006-06

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