“The best” type of biopsy using mpMRI guidance to target the lesions

There have been suggestions that guided biopsies on the basis of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) data are most accurate when done using so-called “in-bore” or “in-gantry” biopsies as opposed to mpMRI/TRUS fusion-guided biopsies. … READ MORE …

A “shopping war” for Medivation?

It appears that the major pharma companies have initiated yet another merger frenzy, with at least two companies expressing interest in acquiring Medivation (the company that developed enzalutamide/Xtandi). … READ MORE …

MALAT-1 as a potential target in treatment of progressive prostate cancer

A Shanghai-based research group has suggested that expression of MALAT-1 (metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1), which is a large, non-coding ribonucleic acid (RNA), may be involved in some way with progression toward castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). … READ MORE …