Bladder Cancer

May is recognized as Bladder Cancer Awareness Month. Know the facts and statistics in order to understand your risk for the disease and take preventative actions to guard your health.

A recent study showed that postmenopausal women demonstrated a significant reduction in the risk for bladder cancer after quitting smoking, highlighting the need for prevention and cessation programs in older women.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that a particular subgroup of patients with advanced bladder cancer, identified with a computational tool, responded to immunotherapy.

A person’s pre-existing mental state may negatively influence their health, but professional support can help maintain the best mindset, say researchers.

Researchers found that women who went into menopause before 45 years old were at greater risk for bladder cancer than women who experienced it later.

After more than 30 years of relative stability, the treatment landscape for urothelial cancer has seen updates in recent years that provide hope for patients.

According to survey results, almost 30% of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer survivors experienced at least one PTSD symptom.

The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Balversa to treat locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer with a type of susceptible genetic alterations known as FGFR3 or FGFR2, in patients who have progressed during or following prior platinum-containing chemotherapy.

A percentage of patients with urothelial carcinoma saw their disease shrink or disappear after treatment with enfortumab vedotin in a phase 2 clinical trial.

An expert discusses the future of immunotherapy in light of new frontline treatments like Keytruda that have been demonstrating positive results for patients with non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Women with frequent urinary tract infections (UTIs) were more likely to experience lower quality diagnostic processes when it comes to screening for bladder and kidney cancer.

Although muscle-invasive disease is often treated by removal of the bladder, experts reveal potential high risk of death.

At the 2019 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Arjun V. Balar discussed the past, present and future of immunotherapy for the treatment of bladder cancer.

After a review of more than 600,000 people, researchers discovered an association between foods consumed and bladder cancer risk.

Using tumor DNA found in urine, researchers believe they have found a method to diagnose and monitor bladder cancer that outperforms standard tests.

After patients with non–muscle invasive bladder cancer fail to respond to treatment with BCG immunotherapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab) may induce responses in these high-risk patients.

Vofatamab (B-701) may be safe and effective for patients with locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer with an FGFR3 mutation who have relapsed after, or are refractory to, at least one prior line of chemotherapy, according to preliminary findings.

An integrative model helped to determine which patients with bladder cancer may benefit from checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Although chemotherapy and radical cystectomy are traditionally used to treat muscle-invasive disease, a recent analysis shows similar overall survival outcomes in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy.

Older adults may be at an increased risk for a heart attack or stroke five months before they are even diagnosed with cancer – a risk that peaked in the month prior to diagnosis, according to a report published in Blood.

A recent meta-analysis has found no noticeable difference in immunotherapy’s efficacy based on patient sex.

While the treatment landscape continues to grow in bladder cancer, researchers should continue to follow the evidence, but accrual of patients in clinical trials is also key, according to Petros Grivas, M.D., Ph.D.

Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who were treated with a dose-dense regimen of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy (surgery to remove the urinary bladder) experienced more complete responses to treatment compared with the current standard of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

The treatment paradigm for bladder cancer has been quite exciting in the last few years, and even more is yet to come, according to Petros Grivas, M.D., Ph.D.

Although immunotherapies show promise for patients, there are still challenges ahead.

Patients with platinum-pretreated metastatic urothelial carcinoma who were treated with a higher dosage of Yervoy (ipilimumab) in combination with Opdivo (nivolumab) experienced improved survival and tolerable side effects, according to findings from the phase 1/2 CheckMate-032 trial.

The immunotherapy agent Keytruda is showing promise for treating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, according to a recent study.

In a recent survey, individuals in remission reported a more positive experience with bladder cancer compared with their counterparts who currently have active disease.

While universal screening for Lynch syndrome is currently only recommended for patients with colorectal and endometrial cancers, a new study recently published in The American Journal of Surgical Pathology suggests this for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma, too.

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