Opinion|Videos|February 27, 2025
BCG for treatment of NMIBC
Experts discuss the use of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the standard treatment for high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), when a patient is considered unresponsive to BCG, and how BCG shortages have impacted clinical practice and urologists in the community.
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Video content above is prompted by the following:
- BCG has long been the standard treatment for high-risk NMIBC.
- When do you consider a patient to be unresponsive to BCG?
- How have BCG shortages impacted your practice/urologists in the community
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