Genitourinary Cancers

Chemoradiotherapy resulted in lower incidence of local progression, prompting an evaluation of resectability in patients with advanced gallbladder cancers.

James B. Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, didn’t always envision himself as a radiation oncologist, but now works tirelessly to treat patients and advance research for genitourinary cancers.

Data presented at 2025 ASCO GU reinforce the use of agents like nivolumab, cabozantinib, and darolutamide across different genitourinary malignancies.

The phase 2 EPIC trial assessing patients with penile carcinoma met its primary end point of clinical benefit rate, with the lower bound of the confidence interval exceeding the null hypothesis limit.

New data from a small retrospective analysis showed activity with enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab in UTUC lesions.

The 2025 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium will feature key updates in the management of different bladder, prostate, and kidney cancer populations.

The decision follows phase 3 EV-302 trial findings showing improved survival with enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab vs chemotherapy in urothelial cancer.

Additionally, the 48-month overall survival rate was higher with nivolumab/cabozantinib vs sunitinib in the phase 3 CheckMate 9ER trial.

Additionally, PFS data in the CLEAR trial confirm the benefit of the lenvatinib combination in patients with clear cell RCC regardless of PD-L1 IHC.

Thrombocytopenia and interstitial lung disease following treatment with JNJ-6420 appeared to be manageable with dose schedule modifications.

Pembrolizumab plus platinum-containing therapy may be a new treatment option for advanced penile cancer based on data from the HERCULES trial.

Phase 1/2 data support further development of ARV-766 in advanced prostate cancer, says Daniel P. Petrylak, MD.

The rate of subsequent anticancer therapy was reduced with darolutamide vs placebo in patients with mHSPC in the ARASENS trial.

KIM-1 was the most significantly enriched circulating protein in recurrence vs baseline serum samples among patients in the IMmotion010 trial.

Spatial analyses may help determine factors that influence responses to sacituzumab govitecan-containing regimens in urothelial carcinoma.

Less than half of the patients enrolled on cohort H of the EV-103 trial required subsequent anticancer therapy following enfortumab vedotin.

Data from the EMBARK trial show no significant differences in sexual activity and urinary symptoms when suspending treatment with enzalutamide.

Attending educational sessions may help with understanding how to manage toxicities associated with enfortumab vedotin in rare genitourinary cancers.

Two women in genitourinary oncology discuss their experiences with figuring out when to begin a family and how to prioritize both work and children.

Over the past few decades, the prostate cancer space has evolved with increased funding for clinical trial creation and enrollment.

Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, gives her advice on how to achieve work-life balance and make other career advancements in genitourinary cancer.

A long commute can significantly impact your work-life balance, according to Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD.

The panel discusses key learnings from recent studies in non-clear cell RCC subtypes and the need to better understand disease biology to develop optimized, histology-specific therapies rather than extrapolating clear cell treatment approaches.

Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, spoke about working in genitourinary oncology and how she has maneuvered the field as a woman.

Martin Voss, MD, reviews data updates from ASCO GU 2024 on the KEYNOTE-B61 study of lenvatinib + pembrolizumab in nccRCC in addition to real-world outcomes in patients with chromophobe RCC.

Panelists discuss systemic therapy approaches for RCC patients presenting with brain, liver, or bone metastases, noting more limited efficacy of IO-IO therapy in brain metastases and tendencies to use IO-TKI therapy for aggressive or rapidly progressing disease.

Expert panelists discuss the importance of rapid improvement within 24-72 hours with steroids for managing unpredictable immune-related toxicities that can occur with frontline IO-IO or IO-TKI regimens for patients with RCC.

The panel discusses long-term data showing more limited benefit of IO-IO therapy versus TKI regimens for favorable risk RCC patients and implications for their risk-adapted treatment approach.

The panelists summarize their approaches to choosing frontline treatment for advanced clear cell RCC, balancing long-term and short-term efficacy data on IO-IO versus IO-TKI regimens based on recent study results.

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, reviews a network meta-analysis comparing progression free survival and overall survival outcomes for lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab versus other first line regimens for metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma across multiple trials.