Prophylactic Levofloxacin lowers adverse events in bladder cancer patients treated with BCG therapy Jacinthlyn Sylvia1 July 2022 7:30 PM ISTJapan: A new study published in European Urology Focus shows that in individuals with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), prophylactic...
BCG infections after BCG instillation therapy on the rise in bladder cancer patients Jacinthlyn Sylvia29 Jun 2022 7:30 PM ISTFinland: In a new study published in British Journal of Urology International, it was shown that the prevalence of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)...
Levofloxacin safe and effective therapy for bladder cancer patients treated with BCG therapy: Study Medha Baranwal20 Jun 2022 8:00 PM ISTJapan: The administration of prophylactic levofloxacin may reduce the severity of adverse outcomes in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)...
Combo of N-803 and BCG shows promise in BCG-unresponsive bladder cancer Medha Baranwal13 Jun 2022 9:45 AM ISTUSA: A combo treatment of IL15RaFc superagonist N-803 (VesAnktiva) and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) led to "a clinically meaningful benefit" in...
Chronic kidney disease and radical cystectomy for bladder cancer related? Dr. Nandita Mohan24 May 2022 9:00 AM ISTChronic kidney disease (CKD) describe the fact that kidneys are damaged and aren't capable of filtering blood the way they do. The main risk factors...
First Mutation-Targeted Bladder Cancer Drug May Be Under-Used Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 May 2022 8:00 PM IST PHILADELPHIA: The first bladder cancer drug targeting a cancer-driving gene mutation has been used relatively little despite its clear efficacy...
Robotic surgery for radical cystectomy effective and improves patient recovery time Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 May 2022 8:15 PM ISTRobot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly...
Computed tomography-urography with CMP can exclude bladder cancer: BMC Urology Medha Baranwal17 May 2022 9:00 AM ISTSweden: Computed tomography-urography (CTU) with cortico-medullary phase (CMP) can rule out urinary bladder cancer (UBC) with high accuracy, says a...
Immunotherapy after bladder cancer surgery shows excellent cancer-free survival rates Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli16 May 2022 7:45 PM ISTNew York: Immunotherapy after surgery helped reduce cancer recurrence in patients with urothelial cancer of the bladder or other sites in the urinary...
Bristol Myers Squibb, Nektar halt Bempegaldesleukin, Opdivo cocktail trials for cancer treatment Ruchika Sharma16 April 2022 2:57 PM ISTPrinceton: Nektar Therapeutics and Bristol Myers Squibb have announced that based on results from pre-planned analyses of two...
Potential therapy may boost chemoimmunotherapy response in bladder cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 April 2022 9:00 AM ISTAdding an anti-inflammatory medication to immunotherapy and standard chemotherapy drugs may provide long-term suppression of aggressive bladder tumor...
Biomarker may help predict survival in patients with bladder cancer Hina Zahid23 Feb 2022 9:00 AM ISTLong-term survival data from the first prospective, randomized biomarker validation trial in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer being...
