In this interview, Nicholas Vogelzang, MD, speaks with i3 Health about the recent FDA approval of rucaparib (Rubraca®, Clovis Oncology, Inc.) for the treatment of patients with metastatic BRCA-mutated castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who previously received one line of taxane-based chemotherapy and at least one line of androgen receptor-directed therapy. Dr. Vogelzang, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and one of the investigators of the TRI...

Substantial developments are under way in the treatment of upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC). Seth P. Lerner, MD, FACS, recently spoke with i3 Health about mitomycin gel (JelmytoTM, UroGen Pharma), now FDA approved as the first agent specifically indicated for the treatment of low-grade UTUC. In this second installment of his interview, Dr. Lerner, principal investigator of the OLYMPUS study, on which the mitomycin gel approval was based, discusses research advances in the treatment of both l...

Upper-tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) is a rare cancer that often needs to be treated with radical surgery, typically entailing complete removal of the affected kidney, ureter, and bladder cuff. Mitomycin C formulated with a reverse thermal hydrogel (JelmytoTM, UroGen Pharma), recently approved by the FDA as the first agent specifically indicated for the treatment of low-grade UTUC, will now allow some patients to keep a kidney that would otherwise have needed to be removed. In this interview wit...

The FDA has now approved mitomycin C formulated with a reverse thermal hydrogel (JelmytoTM, UroGen Pharma) for the treatment of adults with low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC). Accounting for 5% to 10% of all urothelial cancers, UTUC is a rare disease; low-grade UTUC occurs at an incidence of 6,000 to 8,000 cases per year in the United States. Mitomycin C hydrogel, the first drug to be approved specifically for low-grade UTUC, is an alkylating agent, a drug that halts protei...

Despite their known pulmonary, neurological, and carcinogenic risks, electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has increased drastically in recent years, especially among adolescents and young adults. In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Marc Bjurlin, DO, MSc, Associate Professor of Urology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, analyzed the urine samples of e-cigarette users and identified the presence of several carcinogenic biomarkers...