Are there any new treatments for metastatic prostate cancer?

On Friday, 5/15/20, the FDA approved rucaparib, a new medication to treat some patients with advanced prostate cancer. Then, on Tuesday, 5/19/20, olaparib was approved by the FDA for certain metastatic prostate cancers that are not responsive to hormone therapy.

Can you cure metastatic prostate cancer?

This is also called metastatic prostate cancer. Currently, no treatments can cure advanced/metastatic prostate cancer. However, there are effective ways to help slow its spread, prolong life, and control its symptoms, including immunotherapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, precision medicine and clinical trials.

What are treatments for metastatic prostate cancer?

If your cancer has spread beyond your prostate to other areas of your body, your doctor may recommend:

• Chemotherapy.
• Training your immune system to recognize cancer cells.
• Bone-building medications.
• Infusions of a radioactive drug.
• Radiation therapy.
• Targeted drug therapy.
• Pain medications and treatments.

What kind of oncologist treats prostate cancer?

A radiation oncologist is a highly trained physician specializing in the treatment of prostate cancer using the various types of radiation approved to treat the disease.

How long can a man live with metastatic prostate cancer?

Once prostate cancer has spread beyond the prostate, survival rates fall. For men with distant spread (metastasis) of prostate cancer, about one-third will survive for five years after diagnosis.

Does Chemo work for metastatic prostate cancer?

Chemo is sometimes used if prostate cancer has spread outside the prostate gland and hormone therapy isn’t working. Recent research has also shown that chemo might be helpful if given along with hormone therapy. Chemo is not, however, a standard treatment for early prostate cancer.

Is prostate cancer treated by urologist or oncologist?

The main types of doctors who treat prostate cancer include: Urologist: A surgeons who treat diseases of the urinary system and male reproductive system (including the prostate) Radiation oncologist: A doctor who treats cancer with radiation therapy.

Should prostate cancer be treated by urologist or oncologist?

You may have been diagnosed with prostate cancer by a primary care physician, an internist or a urologist, but your prostate cancer will need to be treated by an oncologist, which is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of cancer.

When prostate cancer spreads to the lymph nodes What is the prognosis?

Overall clinical recurrence-free survival at 5, 10 and 15 years was 80\%, 65\% and 58\%, respectively. Patients who had 1 or 2 positive lymph nodes had a clinical recurrence-free survival of 70\% and 73\% at 10 years, respectively, vs 49\% in those who had 5 or more involved lymph nodes (p = 0.0031).