Nadine A Friedrich, Jessica L Janes, Joshua Parrish, Amanda M De Hoedt, Janis Pruett, Mark Fallick, Raj Gandhi, Agnes Hong, Nicholas P Tatonetti, Stephen J Freedland
{"title":"Assessing racial differences in time to subsequent treatment following androgen deprivation therapy among Veterans with prostate cancer.","authors":"Nadine A Friedrich, Jessica L Janes, Joshua Parrish, Amanda M De Hoedt, Janis Pruett, Mark Fallick, Raj Gandhi, Agnes Hong, Nicholas P Tatonetti, Stephen J Freedland","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00995-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41391-025-00995-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>For metastatic and certain advanced prostate cancer (PC), guidelines support intensified androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as first-line (1 L) systemic treatment. However, some patients receive ADT alone, leading to tumor progression requiring 2<sup>nd</sup> line therapy. Despite racial disparities in PC outcomes, there are no population-level studies assessing racial differences in time to subsequent treatment after 1 L ADT.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a retrospective population-level analysis to assess the association between race and time to subsequent treatment after ADT in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Primary outcome was time from ADT monotherapy to subsequent treatment, defined as receipt of androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI), non-steroidal first-generation anti-androgen (NSAA), chemotherapy, or other treatments. We used Cox competing risks models and Kaplan-Meier (KM) analyses to estimate subsequent treatment rates by Non-Hispanic White [NHW], Non-Hispanic Black [NHB], Hispanic and Other patients, adjusted for baseline covariates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 2001-2021, 141,495 PC patients received ADT alone. During median (IQR) follow-up of 51.1 (22.8, 97.2) months, 28,144 patients (20%) had subsequent treatment: 11,319 (40%) ARPIs, 12,990 (46%) NSAAs, 3402 (12%) chemotherapy and 433 (2%) other 2<sup>nd</sup> line therapies. NHB had significantly lower subsequent treatment rates (HR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.80-0.85) vs. NHW. Both Hispanic (HR = 0.93, 95%CI = 0.88-0.98) and Other men (HR = 0.91, 95%CI = 0.84-0.98), also had lower subsequent treatment rates. When stratified by age, associations between race/ethnicity and time to subsequent treatment were stronger in younger patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>All races examined had significantly lower rates of subsequent treatment after 1 L ADT relative to NHW, especially in younger patients. Further investigation is needed to determine if these lower rates of subsequent treatment reflect lower rate of progression or undertreatment of progressing patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144565108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating clinical and public health perspectives on statin use and prostate cancer risk: addressing key limitations and future directions.","authors":"Hailin Yang, Xuhen Liu, Ju Guo","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00993-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00993-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144507882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mayuko Kanayama, Emeline Colomba, Yusra Shao, Sarah M Nielsen, Edward D Esplin, Changxue Lu, William B Isaacs, John C Henegan, Elisabeth I Heath, Jun Luo, Régine Marlin, Emmanuel S Antonarakis
{"title":"Case series exploring hormonal sensitivity in prostate cancer patients harboring the germline African-ancestry HOXB13 X285K variant.","authors":"Mayuko Kanayama, Emeline Colomba, Yusra Shao, Sarah M Nielsen, Edward D Esplin, Changxue Lu, William B Isaacs, John C Henegan, Elisabeth I Heath, Jun Luo, Régine Marlin, Emmanuel S Antonarakis","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00994-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41391-025-00994-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recently, a germline HOXB13 variant, X285K was identified as a risk factor for prostate cancer in men of African ancestry. While this variant is likely associated with more aggressive prostate cancer, there has not yet been an in-depth clinical description of individual patients carrying this variant and their response to systemic therapies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We studied six cases of germline X285K carriers with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer to characterize their hormonal sensitivity or resistance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Longitudinal outcome analysis indicates that patients carrying X285K generally show favorable responses to therapies targeting the androgen receptor (AR), a finding that requires confirmation.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144336893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Marion Birch, Inga Blum, Peter Doherty, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Kati Juva, Jose F Lapena, Robert Mash, Olga Mironova, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N Naumova, David Onazi, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Carlos Umaña, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski
{"title":"Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us.","authors":"Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Marion Birch, Inga Blum, Peter Doherty, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Kati Juva, Jose F Lapena, Robert Mash, Olga Mironova, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N Naumova, David Onazi, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Carlos Umaña, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00988-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00988-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144275826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M J van Harten, S Remmers, R C N van den Bergh, M J Roobol
{"title":"Prostate cancer screening in Europe: future directions and perspectives.","authors":"M J van Harten, S Remmers, R C N van den Bergh, M J Roobol","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00989-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00989-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabian Falkenbach, Lukas Hohenhorst, Mykyta Kachanov, Tim Inderhees, Dirk Beyersdorff, Daniel Koehler, Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah, Tobias Maurer, Markus Graefen, Lars Budäus
{"title":"Perspective transition from transrectal to transperineal MRI-fusion biopsy under local anesthesia - the institutional TREXIT learning curve of the new gold standard.","authors":"Fabian Falkenbach, Lukas Hohenhorst, Mykyta Kachanov, Tim Inderhees, Dirk Beyersdorff, Daniel Koehler, Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah, Tobias Maurer, Markus Graefen, Lars Budäus","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00992-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00992-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144226478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leonardo Quarta, Armando Stabile, Francesco Pellegrino, Pietro Scilipoti, Mattia Longoni, Donato Cannoletta, Paolo Zaurito, Alfonso Santangelo, Alessandro Viti, Francesco Barletta, Simone Scuderi, Riccardo Leni, Antony Pellegrino, Elio Mazzone, Luigi Nocera, Giorgio Brembilla, Francesco De Cobelli, Robert Jeffrey Karnes, Morgan Rouprêt, Francesco Montorsi, Giorgio Gandaglia, Alberto Briganti
{"title":"Tailored use of PSA density according to multiparametric MRI index lesion location: results of a large, multi-institutional series.","authors":"Leonardo Quarta, Armando Stabile, Francesco Pellegrino, Pietro Scilipoti, Mattia Longoni, Donato Cannoletta, Paolo Zaurito, Alfonso Santangelo, Alessandro Viti, Francesco Barletta, Simone Scuderi, Riccardo Leni, Antony Pellegrino, Elio Mazzone, Luigi Nocera, Giorgio Brembilla, Francesco De Cobelli, Robert Jeffrey Karnes, Morgan Rouprêt, Francesco Montorsi, Giorgio Gandaglia, Alberto Briganti","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00987-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00987-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use of prostate-specific antigen density (PSAd) in combination with multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) of the prostate can improve accuracy of the prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic pathway. However, it is not clear whether the performance characteristics of PSAd vary according to the index lesion location (ILL) on mpMRI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Overall, 2140 patients with positive mpMRI (prostate imaging reporting and data system [PI-RADS] ≥ 3) underwent mpMRI-targeted biopsy (TBx) plus systematic biopsy (SBx) at three tertiary referral centers. Multivariable logistic regression analysis (MVA) tested the interaction between PSAd and ILL (peripheral zone [PZ] vs transitional zone [TZ]) in predicting clinically significant PCa (csPCa, defined as ISUP grade group ≥2) at TBx. Non-parametric locally weighted scatterplots smoothing approach (LOWESS) explored the relationship between PSAd and csPCa according to ILL and stratifying by PI-RADS score.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Median PSA was 6.7 ng/ml. ILL was PZ and TZ in 77% and 23% patients, respectively. Overall, 39% of csPCa cases were diagnosed at TBx. The association between PSAd and csPCa varied according to ILL (interaction test: p < 0.01). In patients with PI-RADS 3 lesions, csPCa incidence was <10% in cases of PSAd values < 0.05 ng/ml/ml and <0.13 ng/ml/ml for PZ and TZ lesions, respectively. Differently, in patients with PI-RADS ≥ 4, csPCa incidence was ≥20% regardless of PSAd value and ILL.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The likelihood of detecting csPCa in patients with PI-RADS 3 lesions is influenced by the combination of PSAd and ILL. Specifically, patients with PZ and TZ PI-RADS 3 lesions have an increased risk of csPCa for PSAd values ≥ 0.05 ng/ml/ml and ≥0.13 ng/ml/ml, respectively. Conversely, patients with PI-RADS ≥ 4 lesions have a non-negligible risk of csPCa regardless of PSAd and ILL.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ryan C Au, Pocharapong Jenjitranant, Derek W Cool, Jonathan Izawa, Brant Inman, Aaron Ward, Joseph L Chin
{"title":"Artificial intelligence may enhance the role of magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer focal therapy.","authors":"Ryan C Au, Pocharapong Jenjitranant, Derek W Cool, Jonathan Izawa, Brant Inman, Aaron Ward, Joseph L Chin","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00990-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00990-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa J Kroon, Sebastiaan Remmers, Eva Hollemans, Chris H Bangma, Monique J Roobol, Geert J L H van Leenders
{"title":"Does prostate cancer without cribriform pattern have metastatic potential?","authors":"Lisa J Kroon, Sebastiaan Remmers, Eva Hollemans, Chris H Bangma, Monique J Roobol, Geert J L H van Leenders","doi":"10.1038/s41391-024-00802-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41391-024-00802-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"342-344"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139716372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Osama Mohamad, Yun Rose Li, Felix Feng, Julian C Hong, Anthony Wong, Zakaria El Kouzi, Mohamed Shelan, Thomas Zilli, Peter Carroll, Mack Roach
{"title":"Delayed definitive management of localized prostate cancer: what do we know?","authors":"Osama Mohamad, Yun Rose Li, Felix Feng, Julian C Hong, Anthony Wong, Zakaria El Kouzi, Mohamed Shelan, Thomas Zilli, Peter Carroll, Mack Roach","doi":"10.1038/s41391-024-00876-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41391-024-00876-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Delays in the work-up and definitive management of patients with prostate cancer are common, with logistics of additional work-up after initial prostate biopsy, specialist referrals, and psychological reasons being the most common causes of delays. During the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent surges, timing of definitive care delivery with surgery or radiotherapy has become a topic of significant concern for patients with prostate cancer and their providers alike. In response, recommendations for the timing of definitive management of prostate cancer with radiotherapy and radical prostatectomy were published but without a detailed rationale for these recommendations. While the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, patients are always asking the question: \"When should I start radiation or undergo surgery?\" In the absence of level I evidence specifically addressing this question, we will hereby present a narrative review to summarize the available data on the effect of treatment delays on oncologic outcomes for patients with localized prostate cancer from prospective and retrospective studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"280-287"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12106089/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141917361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}