Survival following upfront chemotherapy for treatment-naïve metastatic prostate cancer: a real-world retrospective cohort study.
Adam B WeinerOliver S KoEric V LiAmanda X VoAnuj S DesaiKieran J BreenRobert B NadlerAlicia K MorgansPublished in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2020)
In this real-world cohort, upfront chemotherapy for mHSPC was associated with longer overall survival. These data support the continued use of chemotherapy for men with mHSPC regardless of race or age if they are fit for chemotherapy and underscore the importance of evaluating cancer therapeutics outside of clinical trials to demonstrate treatment efficacy in populations that may be underrepresented in clinical trials.