Dr. Galsky shares positive outcomes of phase 3 Checkmate 274 trial in MIBC
“The take-home message here is that adjuvant nivolumab improves disease-free survival in patients with muscle-invasive urothelial cancer at high risk for recurrence after surgery,” says Matthew D. Galsky, MD.
In this video, Matthew D. Galsky, MD, discusses the takeaways and further research associated with the study, “Disease-free survival with longer follow-up from the phase 3 Checkmate 274 trial of adjuvant nivolumab in patients who underwent surgery for high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma,” which was presented at the 2021 Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting. Galsky is a professor of medicine and director of genitourinary medical oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, and the co-director of the Center of Excellence for Bladder Cancer and associate director for translational research at the Tisch Cancer Institute in New York City, New York.
Speaking of Urology Podcast: Dr. Ritch and Dr. Katz discuss new bladder cancer management app
December 7th 2021“It's not a replacement for clinical judgment, obviously. But at the end of the day, the idea is that it shows you what your next steps are based on what the American Urological Association and [Society of Urologic Oncology] guidelines are for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer,” Chad R. Ritch, MD, MBA, FACS.
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.
