Cystoscopy and cytology remain the standard for diagnosis, but a plethora of urinary biomarkers could someday be a useful adjunct to NMIBC surveillance.
Intraoperative hypothermia during radical cystectomy for bladder cancer is not independently associated with either cancer-specific or overall survival, a study found.
Compared with patients who undergo surgery alone for abdominal or pelvic cancers, those who receive radiation and chemotherapy are at elevated risk for secondary sarcomas.
Avelumab improves overall and progression-free survival among patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma whose disease has not progressed while on first-line chemotherapy.
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging is highly accurate in differentiating nonmuscle-invasive from muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis.
The 20-year mortality rate among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer is 71%, according to a study of Swedish patients. Investigators who analyzed a large population-based cohort of patients with bladder cancer that had more than 20 years of follow-up found that muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) results in a high risk of cancer-specific death, according to…