Miguel Valdivia Y Alvarado, Obinna Obuekwe, Gal Saffati, Kajal Khodamoradi, Akhil Muthigi, Ricardo R Gonzalez
{"title":"The evolving landscape of BPH surgical treatments: considering semen parameters in clinical decision-making.","authors":"Miguel Valdivia Y Alvarado, Obinna Obuekwe, Gal Saffati, Kajal Khodamoradi, Akhil Muthigi, Ricardo R Gonzalez","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00939-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00939-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143459196","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}
Rossella Nicoletti, Andrea Alberti, Vineet Gauhar, Elena Ciaralli, Chi Hang Yee, Peter Chiu, David Leung, Daniele Castellani, Theodoros Tokas, Bhaskar Somani, Francesco Sessa, Dmitry Enikeev, Nikhil Vasdev, Sergio Serni, Riccardo Campi, Mauro Gacci, Antony Chi Fai Ng, Jeremy Yuen Chun Teoh
{"title":"Is there a role of PSMA-PET in focal therapy planning and follow-up?","authors":"Rossella Nicoletti, Andrea Alberti, Vineet Gauhar, Elena Ciaralli, Chi Hang Yee, Peter Chiu, David Leung, Daniele Castellani, Theodoros Tokas, Bhaskar Somani, Francesco Sessa, Dmitry Enikeev, Nikhil Vasdev, Sergio Serni, Riccardo Campi, Mauro Gacci, Antony Chi Fai Ng, Jeremy Yuen Chun Teoh","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00944-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41391-025-00944-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Focal therapy (FT) is a promising alternative to radical treatments for localized Prostate Cancer (PCa) in selected patients. However, it is not yet considered a standard treatment option, and there is currently no consensus on managing patients after FT. In this context, Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography (PSMA-PET) may support multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for both pre-operative planning and follow-up. The aim of this systematic review was to provide a comprehensive overview of the current applications of PSMA-PET in the field of FT and to analyze its future perspectives.</p><p><strong>Evidence acquisition: </strong>A literature search was performed using PubMed and Scopus databases, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) statement recommendations. All studies reporting data on PSMA-PET performed before and/or after FT for PCa were included. A narrative synthesis was employed to summarize the review findings. No quantitative synthesis was performed due to the heterogeneity and limitations of the studies.</p><p><strong>Evidence synthesis: </strong>Seven studies (2 case reports, 1 retrospective, and 4 prospective single-center studies) were included in this review. A moderate-severe risk of bias was assessed for the included studies. In the field of FT, PSMA-PET showed promising but yet not validated results with several possible applications: (1) pre-operative planning and staging, aiming to improve patient selection trough the identification of intraprostatic suspected lesions and more accurate local and systemic staging; (2) guidance for biopsy and Region of Interest (ROI) definition; (3) follow-up imaging tool, aiming to decrease the number of unnecessary surveillance biopsies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Limited evidence exists regarding the use of PSMA-PET in the field of FT, considering pre-operative setting, treatment guidance and its use as a non-invasive tool to evaluate treatment success or failure and for follow-up. In this scenario, even if the current evidence is still limited and inconclusive, PSMA-PET showed promising results with several possible applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143410068","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}
Vincenzo Ficarra, Marta Rossanese, Romito Ilaria, Gianluca Giannarini, Alexandre Mottrie, Christian Thomas, Felix Chun, Antonio Galfano, Firas Abdollah, Ettore Di Trapani
{"title":"Impact of transperitoneal anterior, retzius-sparing, extraperitoneal, transvesical and perineal approaches on urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.","authors":"Vincenzo Ficarra, Marta Rossanese, Romito Ilaria, Gianluca Giannarini, Alexandre Mottrie, Christian Thomas, Felix Chun, Antonio Galfano, Firas Abdollah, Ettore Di Trapani","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00943-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00943-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Urinary incontinence significantly impacts on health-related quality of life of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. In the last decades, several approaches (extraperitoneal, Retzius-sparing (RS), perineal and, transvesical) for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) have proposed with the aim to improve functional outcomes in comparison with transperitoneal, anterior ones.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published in English language, in the last ten years, comparing the different approaches used to perform RARP. We included only studies reporting urinary continence rates at different follow-up time points. From each eligible study, we extracted the number of analyzed patients; the study design; the continence definition; and, when available, immediate, 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-mo urinary continence rates. Statistical analyses were performed using RevMan version 5.4 (Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, United Kingdom, UK). The Odds Ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was calculated using the generic inverse variance. A p value of <0.05 was set as significance level when comparing studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The meta-analyses of studies comparing anterior, transperitoneal RARP and RS-RARP in terms of immediate (OR = 3.73; 95% CI: 2.17-6.43; p < 0.0001), 1-mo (OR = 4.16; 95% CI: 2.68-6.48; p < 0.00001), 3-mo (OR 4.71; 95% CI: 3.70-6.00; p < 0.0001), 6-mo (OR 4.12; 95% CI: 2.95-5.75; p < 0.00001) and 12-mo (OR = 3.25; 95% CI: 1.76-5.99; p < 0.00001) urinary continence rates showed a statistically significant advantage in favor of RS approach. However, a sub-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials showed overlapping urinary continence rates between the two approaches at 6-mo (OR = 1.99; 95% CI: 0.90-4.42; p = 0.09) and 12-mo (OR = 1.36; 95% CI: 0.43-4.31; p = 0.60) after surgery. The meta-analysis of studies comparing extraperitoneal and transperitoneal approaches showed that 6-mo urinary continence rates were overlapping between the two approaches (OR = 1.18; 95% CI: 0.85-1.65; p = 0.32). The meta-analysis of studies comparing single-port (SP) and multi-port (MP) RARP showed comparable 6-mo urinary continence rates (OR = 0.93; 95% CI 0.65-1.33; p = 0.69).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Within the limitations of mainly low to moderate quality of evidence, the RS approach offers significant advantages compared to an anterior, transperitoneal, approach in terms of urinary continence recovery at different follow-up time points in patients who underwent MP-RARP. MP perineal and transvesical approaches need to be further tested and might be of interest in the setting of SP-RARP. Our meta-analysis showed comparable results between SP- and MP-RARP in terms of urinary continence rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143391555","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":"Less is more: the \"Safety Net Approach\" balances precision and safety.","authors":"Michele Marchioni, Luigi Schips, Luca Cindolo","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00948-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00948-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143391562","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":"Stereotactic body radiotherapy: a second chance for radio-recurrent prostate cancer.","authors":"Nicolas Vial, Thomas Zilli","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00947-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00947-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143365525","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}
Georges Gebrael, Nicolas Sayegh, Chadi Hage Chehade, Yeonjung Jo, Arshit Narang, Beverly Chigarira, Nishita Tripathi, Ayana Srivastava, Clara Tandar, Jessica F Williams, Diya Garg, Richard Ji, Benjamin L Maughan, Umang Swami, Neeraj Agarwal
{"title":"Genomic biomarkers of survival in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer undergoing intensified androgen deprivation therapy.","authors":"Georges Gebrael, Nicolas Sayegh, Chadi Hage Chehade, Yeonjung Jo, Arshit Narang, Beverly Chigarira, Nishita Tripathi, Ayana Srivastava, Clara Tandar, Jessica F Williams, Diya Garg, Richard Ji, Benjamin L Maughan, Umang Swami, Neeraj Agarwal","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00936-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00936-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Androgen deprivation therapy intensification (ADTi) with androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPI), docetaxel or both has been shown to improve survival outcomes in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). Currently, baseline tumor genomic markers have no role in clinical decision-making in patients with mHSPC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this IRB-approved retrospective study, patients diagnosed with mHSPC who underwent comprehensive genomic profiling from primary tissue or metastatic sites and treated with ADTi were included. Genomic alterations with an incidence ≥5% were included in the analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 276 patients were eligible and included in the study. In the multivariable analysis, TP53 (HR 1.71, 95% CI 1.17-2.49, p = 0.006), RB1 (HR 2.32, 95% CI 1.28-4.18, p = 0.006), PTEN (HR 1.74, 95% CI 1.12-2.7, p = 0.014), and BRCA2 (HR 2.64, 95% CI 1.42-4.92, p = 0.003) were associated with significantly shorter PFS, while TP53 (HR 1.63, 95% CI 1.00-2.64, p = 0.049), RB1 (HR 4.5, 95% CI 2.32-8.70, p < 0.001), and PTEN (HR 2.4, 95% CI 1.38-4.2, p = 0.003) were associated with significantly worse OS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is one of the largest studies to show the association of baseline tumor genomic markers with survival in patients with mHSPC treated with ADTi. Upon external validation, these results may aid in developing a clinical-genomic risk stratification model, patient counseling, and prognostication.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067519","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":"Targeted and perilesional biopsy: triumphs and cautions.","authors":"Xingkang Jiang, Baojie Ma, Yong Xu","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00945-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41391-025-00945-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053344","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":"Revisiting ADT in mCRPC: balancing oncologic control and mitochondrial implications.","authors":"Yu-Hsiang Lin, I-Hung Shao, Kuo-Jen Lin","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00942-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00942-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143041200","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}
Hein V Stroomberg, Klaus Brasso, Anna A Blak, Anna Byrjalsen, Thomas van Overeem Hansen, Andreas Røder
{"title":"Prostate-specific antigen screening at low thresholds of men with pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants.","authors":"Hein V Stroomberg, Klaus Brasso, Anna A Blak, Anna Byrjalsen, Thomas van Overeem Hansen, Andreas Røder","doi":"10.1038/s41391-025-00938-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-025-00938-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Men with pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants are at higher risk of prostate cancer We included men with likely pathogenic/pathogenic (LP/P) variants in BRCA1/2 in a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening program after cascade germline testing since 2014. PSA was tested yearly and an age-specific low PSA threshold for biopsy was used, to determine if a low PSA threshold for biopsy is justified for men with pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From 2014 to 2023 a total of 340 men were included in the program. We report demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcomes at 7 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cumulative incidence of a primary biopsy was 37% (95CI: 31‒43) after 7 years. Incidence of prostate cancer diagnosis was 11% (95CI: 7.1‒15). Men referred were 7.8 (95CI: 5.3‒11, p < 0.001) times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than the general Danish male population. The cumulative incidence of biochemical failure (PSA > = 0.2 ng/ml) 4 years after RP was 22% (95CI: 2.3‒41). The main limitation is that not all men underwent a pre-biopsy MRI.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We found a high incidence of prostate cancer in men with LP/P BRCA1/2 variants, but this may be explained by the low PSA threshold for scheduling biopsies. More studies are needed to compare this patient population to men with other germline features. The high risk of recurrence after curative therapy is worrisome and requires further evaluation as to whether this is a biological phenomenon.</p>","PeriodicalId":20727,"journal":{"name":"Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010562","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}