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About mCRPC & PSMA

Unmet Need

PATIENTS WITH mCRPC URGENTLY NEED DIFFERENT OPTIONS¹

Every day matters. More than half of patients die within 2 years of an mCRPC diagnosis. Patients with mCRPC report overall survival as their number one treatment goal. Every treatment choice matters. With every line of therapy, fewer patients are treated. Of all treated 1L patients, only 55% are treated in 2L, and only 30% are treated in 3L. Despite availability of ARPIs and chemotherapy, as patients progress through lines of therapy, unique treatment options become increasingly limited.

1L, first line; 2L, second line; 3L, third line; ARPI, androgen receptor pathway inhibitor; mCRPC, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

*With ARPI, chemotherapy, bone-targeted radiation, or immunotherapy.²

Scanning to Determine PSMA Status

MORE THAN 80% OF PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER ARE PSMA+, MAKING PSMA AN IDEAL DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET^5,6

PSMA-PET imaging demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity to see PSMA+ metastases^7-10
Once a PSMA-PET scan confirms PSMA+ mCRPC, patients can be treated with a PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy like PLUVICTO¹¹

REGARDLESS OF METASTATIC SITE—BONE, NODAL, OR VISCERAL—PLUVICTO TARGETS PSMA+ CELLS¹²

PSMA PET scans of bone, nodal, and visceral metastases

This research was originally published in J Nucl Med. 2015 Apr; v56: Fig 5 pg 1169-1176. © by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Inc.

Help your patients strive for victory by ordering a PSMA-PET scan after only 1 ARPI and 1 taxane

Scan for PSMA. Treat PSMA+ mCRPC with PLUVICTO after 1 ARPI and 1 taxane.¹²

Which of your patients with PSMA+ mCRPC might be able to benefit from PLUVICTO next?

Learn more about identifying appropriate patients

PET, positron emission tomography; PSMA, prostate-specific membrane antigen; PSMA+, PSMA positive.

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Prostate Cancer, PSMA, and PLUVICTO

Watch Dr. Neal Shore, MD, FACS, provide an overview of the role of PSMA-PET, and the targeted therapy PLUVICTO, in mCRPC.

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References:
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