Editor’s Pick: Why are there no new chemotherapy treatments for prostate cancer?

Topics Discussed

Using Procrit; docitaxel + carboplatin study; chemotherapy issues; bone density scans; itchy skin; cramping; chemo cycles vs rounds; pre-chemo advice; why no new chemo treatments?;genetic vs somatic gene testing; Covid19 impact on advanced treatment; scanning for recurrence – sensitivity; ROS1 mutation; liquid vs solid Bx analysis; are metastatic PCa cells homogenous; rectal pain post RT

Chat Log

AnCan Barniskis Room (to Everyone): 3:23 PM: https://www.auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU.0000000000000971.017

Len (to Everyone): 4:25 PM: Germline mutations are inherited. Somatic mutations are specific to the tumor cells only.

AnCan Barniskis Room (to Everyone): 4:55 PM: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2016/02/metastatic-prostate-cancer-and-precision-oncology.html

Ken Anderson: 4:57 PM: MDA thinks the bone mets have different structure then one another

AnCan Barniskis Room (to Everyone): 5:01 PM: Journal study ….. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/fhcr-poc022516.php