Genitourinary Cancers | Specialty

The OncLive Genitourinary Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights across genitourinary (GU) malignancies, including renal cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, and prostate cancer. This section features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on the evolving treatment paradigm of GU cancers and emerging research.

Overall Survival After Surgery for Spinal Metastases Has Improved Over the Past Two Decades

April 15th 2021

Postoperative survival after surgery for spinal metastases has improved over the past 20 years, particularly in patients with kidney, breast, lung, and colon tumors metastatic to the spine.

Frontline Nivolumab/Cabozantinib Approved in Europe for Advanced RCC

April 14th 2021

The European Commission has approved the combination of nivolumab and cabozantinib as a frontline treatment in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Novel Combinations Under Study in Advanced RCC

April 12th 2021

The activity and safety of investigational combinations will be subject to study in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) as part of a phase 1b/2 umbrella platform trial.

Dr. Marron on an Adjuvant Personalized Neoantigen Peptide Vaccine for Several Malignancies

April 10th 2021

Thomas Urban Marron, MD, PhD, discusses primary objectives of a study examining the use of an adjuvant personalized neoantigen peptide vaccine in several malignancies.

Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Demonstrates Superior DFS Over Placebo in Post-Nephrectomy RCC

April 8th 2021

Single-agent pembrolizumab resulted in a significant improvement in disease-free survival when used as an adjuvant treatment in patients with renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy or nephrectomy and resection of metastatic lesions, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-564 trial.

Favorable-Risk mRCC: Combination Regimens Vs Single-Agent Therapy

April 7th 2021

Factors that oncologists need to consider when deciding whether to initiate single-agent therapy or a novel combination regimen as frontline treatment for patients with favorable-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Favorable-Risk mRCC: Sequencing Therapy

April 7th 2021

Best approaches to sequencing therapy for patients with favorable-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma following first-line therapy with novel combinations such as ipilimumab and nivolumab.

Dr. Hammers on the Efficacy of Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab in Advanced RCC

April 5th 2021

Hans Hammers, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Choueiri and Motzer Chat on CheckMate-9ER and Other RCC Research

April 5th 2021

In our exclusive interview, Dr. Choueiri and Dr. Motzer discuss the clinical implications of the phase 3 CheckMate-9ER trial in advanced renal cell carcinoma and how to best use the combination in practice.

CheckMate-9ER Sets the Bar for Research With Triplets, Response-Guided Therapy in mRCC

April 2nd 2021

Data from the phase 3 CheckMate-9ER trial has not only confirmed the advantage of cabozantinib plus nivolumab in terms of progression-free survival, overall survival, and responses vs sunitinib in the frontline treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, but it has served as additional incentive to push the needle even further with research aimed at evaluating triplet regimens in the frontline setting and response-guided sequencing strategies.

Cabozantinib/Nivolumab Combo Approved in Europe for Advanced RCC

March 31st 2021

The European Commission has approved the combination of cabozantinib plus nivolumab for use as a frontline treatment in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Frontline Treatment Approaches for Favorable-Risk mRCC

March 31st 2021

Current treatment approaches that can be used to treat favorable-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the first-line setting and implications for individualizing therapy despite guidance provided by the IMDC criteria.

Treatment Advances for Frontline mRCC

March 31st 2021

Bradley A. McGregor, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, reacts to the emergence of new treatment gaps associated with novel combination regimens as first-line therapy for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

NCCN Updates Guidelines to Include Tivozanib as Recommended Regimen in Clear Cell RCC

March 30th 2021

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines to include tivozanib as a recommended regimen for subsequent therapy in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

EU Panel Recommends Updated Label for Pembrolizumab in Select Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

March 30th 2021

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion in favor of recommending that the label for pembrolizumab in Europe be updated to include findings from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-361 trial.

Adjuvant Nivolumab Takes Step Toward EU Approval in Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma

March 29th 2021

The European Medicines Agency has validated its type II variation application for nivolumab as an adjuvant treatment for patients with surgically resected, high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma.

EMA Accepts Application for Enfortumab Vedotin in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

March 26th 2021

The European Medicines Agency has accepted a marketing authorization application for enfortumab vedotin-ejfv for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have previously received a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor and a platinum-containing chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant, locally advanced or metastatic setting.

FDA Grants 2 Breakthrough Device Designations to Signatera MRD Test

March 24th 2021

The FDA has granted 2 breakthrough device designations to cover new intended uses of the Signatera molecular residual disease test developed by Natera, Inc.

Dr. Kamat on the Process of Meeting BCG Needs in Bladder Cancer

March 23rd 2021

Ashish M. Kamat, MD, discusses the process of meeting the needs for TICE Bacillus Calmette–Guérin in the treatment of patients with bladder cancer.

Checkpoint Inhibition Makes Way Into NCCN Urothelial Cancer Guidelines in Maintenance and Second-Line Setting

March 20th 2021

Immunotherapy is now incorporated into National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines as maintenance therapy and in a sequencing strategy for the treatment of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma and in the setting of superficial UC-carcinoma in situ with prior intravesical therapy.