NMIBC treatment varies by tumor stage, grade, and prior therapies, with high-risk cases often requiring radical cystectomy. Bladder-preserving approaches include intravesical therapies like BCG, ...

A new drug-releasing system, TAR-200, eliminated tumors in 82% of patients in a phase 2 clinical trial for individuals with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer whose cancer had previously ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson’s drug delivery system for a type of bladder cancer, offering a potential surgery-free option for patients. The drug release system, ...

Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak discusses the different types of bladder cancer and how treatment options may vary based on disease stage and type. Strategies for the treatment of bladder cancer may vary by ...

Although bladder cancer ranks as the sixth most common cancer in the United States, with approximately 85,000 new cases diagnosed each year, it continues to receive limited awareness, advocacy, and ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's drug delivery system for a type of bladder cancer, offering a potential surgery-free option for patients. The drug ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

Bladder cancer risk factors symptoms and treatment options ...

Before the discovery of newer options and combinations, chemotherapy that included platinum medications like cisplatin or carboplatin was the first choice, says Christopher Wee, MD, a genitourinary ...

Most people with bladder cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If bladder cancer has spread beyond your bladder, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat ...