ImmunityBio will submit long-term safety and efficacy data to the European Medicines Agency as part of the conditional ...
Being diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer (or metastatic carcinoma) can be a uniquely isolating experience. It’s “a life-altering, day-to-day journey,” says Shanthi Sivendran, MD, senior vice ...
Investigators reported results from the first randomized controlled trial of office-based laser photocoagulation to standard TURBT for low-grade Ta bladder tumors.
There’s a lot to juggle and process after receiving a metastatic bladder cancer diagnosis — follow-up tests, medical appointments, treatment regimens. All of it can feel overwhelming at times, adding ...
Bladder cancer frequently announces itself through symptoms that patients dismiss as minor urinary issues, and that delay ...
In a real-world study, only 35% of patients completed the full guideline-recommended 4-6 cycles of chemotherapy as first-line treatment for metastatic bladder cancer. Real-world data show suboptimal ...
The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...
Metastatic urothelial carcinoma has a poor prognosis: ~50% of muscle-invasive bladder cancer progresses to metastasis, and the 5-year survival for advanced/metastatic disease is <10%. Platinum-based ...
Urothelial carcinoma is cancer of the urinary system. The urothelium is a kind of epithelial (protective) lining of the urinary system, which includes the urinary tract, bladder, your ureters (the ...