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June 26th 2024
Patients saw improved event-free survival and overall survival with presurgical Imfinzi and chemotherapy followed by surgery and postsurgical Imfinzi.
Upfront Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Bladder Cancer Subtype
December 12th 2017When given neoadjuvant chemotherapy before getting a radical cystectomy, patients with the basal subtype of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) saw significantly improved overall survival (OS) compared to those who had a cystectomy alone, according to a recent study.
Survivorship's Gift to a Mother and Son
November 21st 2017In the midst of all of the things that tie us together, it’s been what many would consider the most challenging shared experience a mother and son can have – facing and surviving cancer – that has been a defining feature of our relationship and ultimately one of the most overwhelming blessings of life.
Expert Gives Updates on Kidney and Bladder Cancer
September 27th 2017Sumanta Kumar Pal, M.D., associate professor, Department of Medical Oncology, City of Hope, covered the scope of exciting genitourinary cancer data presented at the 2017 ESMO Congress, with a sharp focus on the CABOSUN and CheckMate-214 trials.
The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Team in Building Bladder Cancer Guidelines
July 28th 2017Jeffrey Holzbeierlein, M.D., University of Kansas Medical Center, discusses how important it was that a multidisciplinary team came together to create the non-metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer guidelines.
Pre-Surgical Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin Benefits Bladder Cancer
June 15th 2017When used as a neoadjuvant therapy for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), split-dose of gemcitabine and cisplatin has a beneficial response and a high safety profile, according to a study presented at the 2017 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.