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Treatments for Metastatic Prostate Cancer

NOMINATED TOPIC | February 14, 2024

1. What is the decision or change (e.g. clinical topic, practice guideline, system design, delivery of care) you are facing or struggling with where a summary of the evidence would be helpful?

Question: What are the optimum treatment options for primary tumor-directed and metastasis-directed local therapy in metastatic prostate cancer?

Population: metastatic prostate cancer patients

Intervention and Comparator: compare between various tumor-directed and metastasis-directed local therapies

Outcomes: overall survival, progression-free survival, adverse effects

Setting: ambulatory

2. Why are you struggling with this issue?

This has been an on-deck topic for a while that we've been unable to address.

3. What do you want to see changed? How will you know that your issue is improving or has been addressed?

Guidance in this area is lacking, this evidence review would facilitate the creation of evidence-based recommendations in this setting.

4. When do you need the evidence report?

Thu, 10/31/2024

5. What will you do with the evidence report?

ASCO will use this evidence report as the evidence base for a clinical practice guideline on this topic.

Optional Information About You

What is your role or perspective? Guideline developer

If you are you making a suggestion on behalf of an organization, please state the name of the organization American Society of Clinical Oncology

May we contact you if we have questions about your nomination? Yes

Page last reviewed February 2024
Page originally created February 2024

Internet Citation: Treatments for Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Content last reviewed February 2024. Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/metastatic-prostate-cancer

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