The Prostate Health Podcast

12: Evolving Treatment Options for Advanced Prostate Cancer – Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield, MD


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We’re focusing on advanced prostate cancer today, and we have Dr. Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield, from The University of Kansas Medical Center, joining us. The treatment options for advanced prostate cancer are constantly evolving and changing, so doctors have a lot more at their fingertips today than they used to have when it comes to advanced prostate cancer. 

Dr. Wulff-Burchfield is a dual-specialist in both medical oncology and palliative care medicine. In today’s episode, she explains what advanced prostate cancer is, she discusses some of the tests that are used in determining when prostate cancer has spread beyond the prostate, and she describes some of the more common treatments that are used for advanced prostate cancer. Stay tuned for more.

Dr. Wulff-Burchfield attended medical school at Duke University, and then she went on to complete her internal medicine residency and fellowships in both medical oncology and palliative medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center and her specialties include genitourinary oncology and palliative medicine. Her clinical research is focused on genitourinary cancers and the intersection of genitourinary cancers with supportive and palliative care. Be sure to listen in today, to hear what Dr. Wulff-Burchfield has to say about tests and treatments for advanced prostate cancer.

Disclaimer: The Prostate Health Podcast is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this podcast should be construed as medical advice. By listening to the podcast, no physician-patient relationship has been formed. For more information and counseling, you must contact your personal physician or urologist with questions about your unique situation. 

Show Highlights:

  • Dr. Wulff-Burchfield explains what advanced prostate cancer is.
  • Dr. Wulff-Burchfield discusses the treatments which are available for men with advanced prostate cancer.
  • Whether or not men with advanced prostate cancer derive any benefits from treatments to the prostate itself.
  • The different diagnostic tests that are used in determining when prostate cancer has spread beyond the prostate.
  • Some of the symptoms that men with advanced prostate cancer may experience.
  • Some of the goals when approaching advanced prostate cancer.
  • Dr. Wulff-Burchfield describes some of the more common initial treatments that are used for advanced prostate cancer.
  • Some of the more common side-effects of hormonal therapy.
  • What it means if the PSA starts to rise despite the man being on hormonal therapy.
  • Some available options for men who have been found to have a rise in PSA and resistance to hormonal therapy.
  • The landscape around the treatment for advanced prostate cancer is changing rapidly so there’s a lot of room for hope about quality of life, vitality, length of life, and having more time to spend with loved ones. 
  • Dr. Wulff-Burchfield explains why clinical trials can be an important way for all patients to get access to treatments that are not yet proved to be on the leading edge of science. 

 

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