{"title":"Progression-free survival end points in prostate cancer: are we truly making progress","authors":"Ravi A. Madan, Edwin M. Posadas, Richard J. Lee","doi":"10.1038/s41585-024-00902-x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Recently, several therapeutic strategies in prostate cancer have been granted regulatory approval based on progression-free survival benefits alone, which is a relative change in the therapeutic development of prostate cancer treatments. Previously, overall survival was a requirement for approvals. Whether this approach is warranted or beneficial to patients remains unclear.","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"21 11","pages":"646-648"},"PeriodicalIF":12.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Reviews Urology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41585-024-00902-x","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recently, several therapeutic strategies in prostate cancer have been granted regulatory approval based on progression-free survival benefits alone, which is a relative change in the therapeutic development of prostate cancer treatments. Previously, overall survival was a requirement for approvals. Whether this approach is warranted or beneficial to patients remains unclear.
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Nature Reviews Urology is part of the Nature Reviews portfolio of journals.Nature Reviews' basic, translational and clinical content is written by internationally renowned basic and clinical academics and researchers. This journal targeted readers in the biological and medical sciences, from the postgraduate level upwards, aiming to be accessible to professionals in any biological or medical discipline.
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