In a Phase 1 study, 82% of patients on VIR-5500 achieved at least a 50% reduction in PSA levels—a result analysts praised as competitive in the prostate cancer space.

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Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases - Editorial: Advancing external beam radiotherapy—and rediscovering what brachytherapy already provides? Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2026)Cite this article ... We read with interest the article entitled “Reducing adverse effects in hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Clinical evidence and emerging mitigation strategies,” and commend the authors for their comprehensive synthesis of toxicity data in this evolving field. In this systematic review, evidence from 32 phase III clinical trials was analyzed and summarized. Furthermore, other randomized trials have failed to demonstrate an excess in toxicity compared with EBRT alone [3, 4], or to report clinically meaningful levels of severe toxicity [6] comparable to those observed in ASCENDE-RT [5]. Certainly, not all patients are candidates for prostate brachytherapy or should undergo boost treatment with this modality. Finally, the utilization of brachytherapy as a boost has been demonstrated to reduce biochemical disease progression and local relapse when compared to augmented radiotherapy schedules [3,4,5], a feature just recently achieved by external beam alone, through focal boosting to the dominant lesions as nicely demonstrated in the FLAME-trial [NCT01168479]. Toxicity associated with prostate brachytherapy has been raised as a concern, leading some to forgo this treatment strategy in favor of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) alone. In this context, we highlight the efforts of the PR24 trial for directly comparing brachytherapy boost versus SBRT in a large international phase III study [NCT06235697]. Le Guevelou J, Zilli T, Ferrario F, Murthy V, Tree A, Loblaw A, et al. Reducing adverse effects in hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: clinical evidence and emerging mitigation strategies.

Original title: “Editorial: Advancing external beam radiotherapy—and rediscovering what brachytherapy already provides? | Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases”