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Alternative bladder cancer treatment emerges amid worldwide shortage of standard of care BCG
An on-going, worldwide shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) means that many patients with a common…
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EAU 2023: Urine gene test can predict bladder cancer years before diagnosis
Testing for genetic mutations in urine can detect bladder cancer years before the disease shows…
New study describes overactivated signaling in renal cell cancer
In a new study from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, researchers described a novel…
Cutting-edge combination shows promise in patients with chemotherapy-resistant urothelial cancer
A combination of two types of cancer-fighting treatments – the immunotherapy agent pembrolizumab and a nanoparticle-bound…
Mutational signature linking bladder cancer and tobacco smoking found with new AI tool
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have for the first time discovered a…
Modified bladder cancer treatment shows promise in animal studies
A modified tuberculosis (TB) vaccine developed at Texas Biomed could help treat a form of…
NICE recommends nivolumab for use post-surgery in specific urothelial cancer patients
It has been announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has…
Hormones contribute to sex disparities in bladder cancer, study shows
Male sex hormones interfere with the body’s ability to fight bladder cancer, likely explaining why…
ASCO 2022: Cell-free DNA methylation used to predict chemo benefit in bladder cancer
A team of researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded…
First mutation-targeted bladder cancer drug may be under-used
The first bladder cancer drug targeting a cancer-driving gene mutation has been used relatively little…