May 15th 2025
"The use of telemedicine is heavily dependent on supportive legislature," write Tracey L. Krupski, MD, and Jeunice Owens-Walton, MD.
Cell therapy TARA-002 shows initial promise in NMIBC
April 9th 2024"This encouraging anti-tumor activity coupled with a favorable safety profile and mode of administration that is both convenient and familiar to urologists indicates that, if confirmed in future studies, TARA-002 could potentially play a meaningful role in NMIBC treatment in the future," says Timothy D. Lyon, MD.
Nadofaragene firadenovec shows durable efficacy in NMIBC
April 8th 2024"In this follow-up analysis of the phase 3 study, we demonstrated a sustained response to Adstiladrin treatment over 3 years, allowing more than half of the patients in the study to remain cystectomy free for at least 36 months,” says Colin P.N. Dinney, MD.
Dr. Narayan on next steps with nadofaragene firadenovec in NMIBC
April 2nd 2024“The hope is that we can collaborate with folks who might be interested in trying nadofaragene plus something else, something that compliments the mechanism of action, so that we can build upon what we have now,” says Vikram M. Narayan, MD.
EV/pembrolizumab under review in China for advanced urothelial carcinoma
March 28th 2024The sBLA is supported by findings from the phase 3 EV-302 trial, which showed that EV/pembrolizumab extended overall survival and progression-free survival vs platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma.
FDA approves nivolumab plus cisplatin/gemcitabine in urothelial carcinoma
March 7th 2024The approval is based on data from the phase 3 CheckMate-901 trial, which demonstrated improved overall survival and progression-free survival with the nivolumab-combination therapy vs cisplatin/gemcitabine alone.
Long-term data highlight efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in UTUC
February 28th 2024Adjuvant chemotherapy after nephroureterectomy continued to show an efficacy benefit versus surveillance in patients with upper tract urothelial cancer, according to long-term follow-up data from the phase 3 randomized POUT trial.