Effectiveness and Resistance to PSMA Targeted RadioLigand Therapy using 177 Lu-PSMA-617 - Jeremie Calais

February 4, 2019

Jeremie Calais discusses his PCF funded research on 177 Lu-PSMA-617 with respect to resistance patterns that develop to treatment along with primary resistance.  Drs. Calais and Ryan discuss patient and tumor characteristics for both those demonstrating effectiveness to therapy and those that develop resistance or have primary resistance.

Biographies:


Jeremie Calais, MD, MSc Assistant Professor at the Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology UCLA Nuclear Medicine Department Los Angeles, CA

Charles J. Ryan, MD, the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), the world’s leading philanthropic organization dedicated to funding life-saving prostate cancer research. Charles J. Ryan is an internationally recognized genitourinary (GU) oncologist with expertise in the biology and treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Dr. Ryan joined the PCF from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he served as Director of the Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation Division in the Department of Medicine. He also served as Associate Director for Clinical Research in the Masonic Cancer Center and held the B.J. Kennedy Chair in Clinical Medical Oncology.