Dr. Scarpato highlights case-based discussion on intermediate-risk NMIBC

"At a time when patients are increasingly concerned about prescription drugs, this information will provide a useful starting point for making essential medications as affordable as possible," says Ruchika Talwar, MD.

Gopal H. Badlani, MD, and Steven A. Kaplan, MD, discuss some of the notable abstracts in benign urology that were presented at the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting.

“Combination therapy with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab provides a comparable OS, and a trend of improvement in PFS and response outcomes, compared with most current global SOC therapies for treatment-naïve patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma,” the study authors wrote.

Adam B. Weiner, MD, and Ruchika Talwar, MD, discuss some of the notable urologic oncology abstracts that were presented at the 2023 AUA meeting.

“Our study provides real-world recurrence and survival rates, [however], a major limitation is the retrospective nature of the analysis,” wrote the investigators, led by Viktor Gruenwald, MD, PhD.

Patients in the subcutaneous arm (n = 242) achieved a geometric mean Cavgd28 of 77.373μl/mL (90% CI, 74.555-80.297) compared with 36.875 μl/mL (90% CI, 35.565-38.235) in the IV arm (n = 245), for a geometric mean ratio of 2.098 μl/mL (90% CI, 2.001-2.200).