When a doctor suspects bladder cancer, they will order a series of tests which may include urine tests (urinalysis or urine ...

"With its potential for screening, recurrence monitoring, treatment guidance, and prognosis prediction, utDNA is poised to transform bladder cancer management and personalize patient care." — Liang ...

Circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA, can predict metastatic risk in patients who receive bladder-sparing treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, but it is not a good predictor of local recurrence ...

A non-invasive, high-accuracy surveillance test for bladder cancer has the potential to improve patient experience, streamline workflows, and reduce overall cost of care” — Megann Vaughn Watters, Vice ...

New research indicates that about one-quarter of patients with bladder cancer treated with radical surgery on curative intent have detectable levels of tumour cells circulating in their blood. The ...

KEYNOTE-B15 compared perioperative enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab against neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy in cisplatin-eligible MIBC, using event-free survival as the primary endpoint.

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 ...

Nurses and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) play a central role in preventive care, screening, chronic disease management, and patient education. Expanding this workforce is particularly ...