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Filter by:To look at the safety and effectiveness of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in treating advanced or high-risk prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer (PCa) remains one of the most prevalent malignancies affecting men globally. The disease spectrum of PCa ranges from indolent tumors, which may require minimal to no intervention, to aggressive, potentially lethal forms. The complexity of PCa underscores the critical need for precise diagnostics, as early and accurate detection is key to improving patient outcomes and tailoring appropriate treatment strategies. There have been remarkable advancements in biopsy technology. Significant strides in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially with the establishment of the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS), have substantially improved the accuracy of PCa detection. The combination of MRI with traditional biopsy methods, including MRI-targeted biopsy (MRI-TBx) and systematic biopsy (SBx), also marks a major advancement in the field. Despite advances in PCa detection, the need for improving diagnostics and in-depth assessment of the latest PBx techniques through extensive, longitudinal studies remains critical. Besides, based on the world health organization (WHO) classification, PCa includes a range of pathological forms beyond the commonly known acinar adenocarcinoma. However, the prevalence and demographic distribution of non-adenocarcinoma types, as well as the characteristics of patients with these rarer forms, remain unclear. Leveraging PBx records spanning over 10 years and involving 10,038 cases, this study aims to shed light on temporal trends in PBx positivity, the evolving clinical profiles of PCa patients, and the differences in clinicopathological characteristics of PCa between Western and Asian populations.
The primary aim of the present study is to evaluate how automatically calculated (by an AI-based method) tumour burden, measured as tumour volume (TV) and as tumour uptake (TU: TV x SUVmean) in the prostate/prostate bed, pelvic lymph nodes, distant lymph nodes, bone and as the total tumour burden predicts overall survival (OS) in patients with prostate cancer (newly diagnosed and patients with biochemical recurrence).
Men with prostate cancer and their family caregivers face many physical and emotional challenges from the cancer itself and its treatment(s), which often lead to high anxiety. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of protecting our physical and mental health, and the complex responsibilities that caregivers have in supporting their loved ones. To improve the health of men with prostate cancer and of their caregivers, the research team developed TEMPO: a self-directed Tailored, wEb-based, psychosocial and physical activity self-Management PrOgram. TEMPO was developed with men with prostate cancer and their caregivers over the past 8 years. It also combines the investigators' research conducted over the past decade on providing the best support to those affected by cancer. Because the cancer care workforce is already overstretched, the research team designed TEMPO to be used without guidance from a health care professional. TEMPO is one-of-a kind in its support of both patients and caregivers, and the integration of coping skills training on a wide range of cancer challenges along with a home-based exercise program. Patients and caregivers who have used TEMPO said they improved their communication, learned new skills to cope with both physical and emotional challenges of cancer, and increased their physical activity. The present project builds on this work to further evaluate the cost and impact of TEMPO on men's and caregivers' health. Men with prostate cancer and their caregivers will be assigned by chance to one of two groups a) TEMPO or b) monitor their anxiety for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, patients' and caregivers' needing more support will be identified based on an assessment of their anxiety level. For those already using TEMPO and needing more support, non-health care professional guidance might be offered. All those in the monitoring group needing more support will now have access to TEMPO. All participants complete surveys to determine whether TEMPO led to improved health outcomes.
In this study, the safety and effectiveness data of Sonablate system, a transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic instrument, in the treatment of localized prostate cancer were collected, and the treatment conditions of patients with other methods (such as radical prostatectomy) were compared and analyzed. Observe the differences in treatment effect, survival rate, postoperative PSA, recurrence and complications. To analyze and compare the clinical outcome, postoperative complications and tumor control of HIFU and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer, and to explore the effectiveness and safety of HIFU in the treatment of localized prostate cancer, so as to provide an alternative treatment for localized prostate cancer.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the cancer detection rates of MRI artificial intelligence-guided cTB (AI-cTB) and routine cTB, and explore the added value of using AI for the guidance of cTB. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does AI-cTB promote the accurate diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer? What's the value of prostate MRI artificial intelligence assistant diagnosis system in developing the best scheme of prostate biopsy? What's the value of prostate MRI artificial intelligence assistant diagnosis system in predicting the pathological results of prostate targeted biopsy? Researchers will compare the cancer detection rates of AI-cTB and routine cTB to explore the added value of using AI for the guidance of cTB. Participants will: Receive AI-cTB or routine cTB.
It is a prospective paired-cohort study for diagnostic test evaluation. The study aim to determine the accuracy of AI review and investigate whether AI review could detect MRI visible significant cancer as effective as radiologist review. MRI image of about 102 men recommended for biopsy will be reviewed by an AI model and an experienced radiologist, respectively. AI review (index) and radiologist review (standard) will be blinded to each other, while biopsy urologists will be well-informed of the findings of both AI review and radiologist review and make personalized biopsy plan by combining both findings. The pathological results of MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsy (reference) will serve as the gold standard to assess the diagnostic accuracy.
This study is a prospective cohort study to delineate the infective outcomes and incidence after transperineal prostate biopsy with no antibiotic prophylaxis, compared to the existing data on outcomes on patients receiving transperineal prostate biopsy with antibiotic prophylaxis.
A Study to Evaluate Safety, Whole-Body Distribution and Radiation Dosimetry of ZA-001, an Alpha-particle-emitting Radiopharmaceutical, in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer
National Health Service (NHS) England has commissioned The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to run a novel mobile clinical outreach service called 'Man Van' with the aim of enabling male patients' easy access to care at the site of their work and in their communities. The initial focus of this new standard of care clinic is to access workplaces with large manual workforces where large scale working from home is not possible. These will include logistics firms and bus companies. These companies employ large numbers of black and minority ethnic men who also have poorer outcomes with a range of other diseases, including Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19. The novel clinical service will collaborate with Unite (and other unions) as well as employers in order to reach our target groups effectively. There is also the opportunity to target higher risk groups e.g. Afro Caribbean communities whose rates of prostate cancer are 1 in 41 as well as occupational higher risk categories. The Man Van has the potential to swing the balance of evidence in favour of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) screening, with a targeted screening program directed at high-risk groups including ethnic minorities and manual workers. Reasons for poorer outcomes amongst these groups are multi-factorial and complex. Levels of education are often a factor which can impact the understanding of the disease and how to seek assistance. Distrust of medical organisations has also been cited as a factor. The aim of the Man Van mobile outreach service is to enable men access to a specific men's health service - focusing on general health and wellbeing (including BMI assessment, blood pressure, blood sugar/diabetes checks etc) and a prostate check for those who raise concerns. This will include a PSA test where relevant. This will be the core data gathered from the project. Patients will receive PSA results in the 'Man Van' by a clinical nurse specialist with patients with raised PSA levels being referred into the standard rapid referral cancer pathways. Similar considerations will apply to men with haematuria detected on dip stick testing or who present with a testicular mass or penile lesion (both rare but important). The clinical data generated from each routine health screening appointment will be analysed to determine the effectiveness of the Man Van mobile outreach model in identifying prostate and other male cancers and other co-morbidities much earlier than if patients had waited to present to their General Practitioner (GP) or other healthcare provider. Patients who receive an early diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer will have access to early curative treatments, which are typically less invasive and shorter in timescales. Similar interventions have shown large scale success in particular with breast and cervical cancer. The NHS sees many patients accessing cancer care at a late stage. Reducing this trend is a key objective of the NHS Long Term Plan. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated health inequalities and mobile clinics can potentially be a model for alleviating this. To enable patients access to medical treatment earlier there is a need to make the 'seeking advice on men's health and prostate issues' less daunting, more normal and easily accessible. The 'Man Van' has the ability to do just that and it is anticipated that the findings of this research, using the data generated from each patient's routine health screening, will demonstrate that a mobile outreach model is more effective in identifying cancers at an earlier stage than 'traditional' diagnostic pathways. We also hope to evaluate the Man Van with a qualitative study looking at the patient perspectives from those who utilise the Man Van. The reasons for high risk in prostate cancer are heavily linked to genetics. This is an issue as there is less recruitment of high risk groups to studies. We hope to gather genetic data from a higher proportion of genetically susceptible men via the Man Van, which can be used in future to further genetic knowledge of prostate cancer.