VIDEO: The future of prostate cancer research

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We have made great advancements in treatment. We've developed new treatments, we've recently, and over the last decade or two, developed numerous new drugs in prostate cancer that have shown benefit. I think what we need to focus on now is how do we best use these tools that we've developed? What sequence do we use them? What patients do we offer what treatment? How do we best identify the best candidates for, for example, focal treatment? How do we continue to improve imaging in prostate cancer? So we have a better sense for where the cancer is in a stage, and then hopefully have a more tailored treatment approach for that patient. And as we continue to improve the treatments that we currently have, ideally we would do that with less side effects. We know that prostate cancer treatments tend to have significant side effects. So how do we treat prostate cancer and minimize the effects on sexual function, on urinary function and bowel function? improve patient quality of life and outcomes. So I think that's where we're gonna, you know, where future research should go. And again, continue to develop new drugs in this area. We've again, come a long way, developed multiple drugs that have extended average survival in patients with prostate cancer. But you know, again, we're not curing a lot of patients with prostate cancer who have metastatic disease. So can we develop drugs or approaches to improve the cure rate in these patients? I think that's where we'll be looking towards in the future as well.