Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

SEP 10, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Patterns of Health Care Spending in Prostate Cancer

JAMA Network Open

A descriptive economic analysis of spending patterns using administrative data; documents trends but lacks comparative design, causal inference, or clinical outcomes to support practice change.

SEP 9, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

From Availability to Access: A Mixed-Methods Study of Digital Prostate Cancer Survivorship Support for Black Men

Current Oncology

A small, single-site exploratory mixed-methods study with 14 self-identified Black participants reporting perceived value and acceptability of a digital survivorship intervention, without a control arm or hard clinical outcomes.

SEP 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

External validation of the bellmunt risk score for survival prediction in mCRPC patients undergoing [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 therapy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

External validation of an established prognostic score in an independent cohort, demonstrating reproducibility of risk stratification and survival prediction with robust performance metrics, but not introducing new clinical intervention or changing treatment selection.

SEP 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Deep learning for automatic detection of prostatectomy in CT images of prostate cancer patients

Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

A single-centre algorithm development study demonstrating proof-of-concept for CNN-based prostatectomy detection on CT with reasonable accuracy, but lacking external validation, clinical outcomes data, and prospective deployment evidence.

SEP 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Gut–prostate axis in prostate cancer: microbiome signatures, mechanistic insights, and therapeutic opportunities

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

This is a narrative review synthesizing observational associations and mechanistic hypotheses about the gut–prostate axis without reporting original trial data, causal evidence, or effect sizes.

SEP 7, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Bridging to systemic therapy: PSMA-PET-based early and repetitive stereotactic body radiotherapy for nodal and bone oligo-recurrent prostate cancer

Frontiers in Urology

A retrospective single-centre analysis of metastasis-directed SBRT in oligo-recurrent prostate cancer showing feasible local control and delayed systemic therapy, but lacking a comparator and prospective design.

SEP 7, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Comparative analysis of prostate glands of non-human primates and men shows increased cell-autonomy of CREB phosphorylation in prostatectomies

Scientific Reports

Descriptive comparative immunohistochemistry study raising mechanistic questions about CREB phosphorylation regulation in primate versus human prostate tissue, without clinical outcome data or functional validation.

SEP 6, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Real-World Longitudinal Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer in Japan

Advances in Therapy

Large real-world retrospective cohort with prospectively collected data, clear PSA endpoints, and adjusted analysis demonstrating consistent superiority of ARSI-based regimens over ADT monotherapy in mCSPC, though limited by surrogate endpoints and lack of hard clinical outcomes.