Bladder Cancer

Imfinzi and chemotherapy before surgery, followed by Imfinzi after surgery, generated survival benefits in cisplatin-eligible muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

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Patients with locally advanced muscle-invasive bladder cancer may benefit from dose-dense gemcitabine and cisplatin.

Considering nutrition and frailty earlier on may help patients achieve better health-related quality of life during kidney cancer and bladder cancer.

Certain genetic mutations were associated with better responses to presurgical chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Patients saw improved event-free survival and overall survival with presurgical Imfinzi and chemotherapy followed by surgery and postsurgical Imfinzi.

Patients who received systemic therapy at the end of life did not have longer overall survival averages than those who did not receive therapy at end of life.

Antibody-drug conjugates represent a paradigm shift for patients with cancer and providers.

Padcev and Keytruda improve survival and progression among patients with bladder cancer, but don’t adversely impact pain, functioning or quality of life.

For patients with cisplatin-ineligible bladder cancer, presurgical Padcev decreased the cancer stage without leading to delays in surgery.

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A novel delivery system of gemcitabine called TAR-200 led to promising responses in certain patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration granted a Biologics License Application for subcutaneous Opdivo for potential approval.

A urine test was shown to decrease the need for invasive cystoscopies in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Treatment with Enhertu “is an unprecedented approval” for patients with HER2-positive solid tumors who did not have many options, an expert told CURE®.

A treatment combination of Anktiva and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin was approved by the FDA for certain patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

The survival benefit observed with Padcev plus Keytruda was “unlike anything we’d seen before” for advanced bladder cancer, according to an expert.

Since January 2024, the Food and Drug Administration has approved several treatments and combinations for solid tumors.

Treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors has improved survival outcomes for patients with metastatic bladder cancer, compared with chemotherapy.

Quality of life, sexual outcomes and self-image should be considered before choosing a treatment option for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, an expert said.

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic bladder cancer, the agency has announced.

A phase 2 trial showed that Trodelvy plus Keytruda had a high response rate with lasting responses, emphasizing “potential additive or synergistic effects,” an expert said.

Anktiva boosted responses to BCG treatment without affecting quality of life, research showed.

Treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer called dose-dense MVAC did not improve survival compared with chemotherapy alone, although one drug in the combination faces a shortage.

I had a friend who was diagnosed with the same bladder cancer as me, though our experiences were extremely different.

Some patients with metastatic bladder cancer and FGFR3 genetic alterations may benefit from Balversa, as it “represents a critical need,” an expert said.

The Food and Drug Administration will speed up their review of Enhertu for previously treated patients with certain HER2-positive solid tumors.

Urinary minimal residual disease-negative status was related to preventing the return of cancer when certain patients with bladder cancer received Adstiladrin.