Genitourinary Cancers

No 90-day mortality was observed among patients who were treated with EVP followed by surgery for advanced urothelial cancer.

Complete response rates were observed consistently across patient subgroups in those with high-risk BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

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

Various methods of communication ensure that members from radiation oncology, pathology, and other departments are on the same page regarding treatment.

Comprehensive prehabilitation may help prepare patients for bladder-preserving surgery, helping to optimize quality of life outcomes.

Ongoing research suggests environmental exposures and the role of microbiomes may influence bladder cancer development and response to treatment.

A lot of James B. Yu’s research begins with something as simple as a question from a patient regarding what aspects of treatment may be most beneficial.

In radiation oncology, renal cancers are experiencing the greatest levels of change and growth, according to James B. Yu.

“The better the systemic therapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy, the more important a non-invasive, local treatment will be,” James B. Yu stated.

As a radiation oncologist, James B. Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, works with urologists, medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, physicists, and health services researchers.

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.

Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, spoke about the TROPION-PanTumor01 trial results and the TROP2 targeting nature of dato-DXd in patients with heavily pretreated, metastatic urothelial cancer.

There were no new safety signals with cemiplimab plus chemotherapy in the phase 2 EPIC-A trial, Challapalli stated.

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.

Ongoing research may clarify the potential benefit of avelumab when administered in combination with other agents in advanced urothelial carcinoma.

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.