Is there a subset of CRPC patients who may respond well to checkpoint inhibition?

A paper in the journal Oncotarget has suggested that patients who have progressed on treatment with enzalutamide (Xtandi) may be good candidates for treatment with one of the checkpoint inhibitors like pembrolizumab (Keytruda), nivolumab (Opdivo), or even ipilimumab (Yervoy). … READ MORE …

Is possible new prostate cancer vaccine really “promising”?

A new article on the Medscape Oncology web site (and again correlated with a media release sent out by the European Association for Urology [EAU] from their annual meeting in Milan, Italy) is headed “Prostate cancer vaccine shows promise.” However, the degree of that “promise” appears to be open to some question. … READ MORE …

The prostate cancer news update: Tuesday, August 5

So after a few days becalmed in a world of minimal prostate cancer news … we have a fine controversy to revisit and some other interesting titbits to gnaw on … … READ MORE …