Opinion|Videos|April 3, 2025
Checkpoint Inhibitors for Treatment of NMIBC
Experts share their initial impressions of the available data on immunotherapies, including PD-L1 inhibitors durvalumab and sasanlimab, being evaluated in bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)–unresponsive patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).
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- In addition to recent approval, several immunotherapies such as PD-(L)-1 inhibitors (durvalumab and sasanlimab) are being evaluated in BCG-unresponsive patients. What are your initial impressions of available data with immunotherapies?
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