Emerging treatment options for variant histology bladder cancer
Fed Ghali, MD, a urologic oncology fellow at the University of Washington, discusses the outlook for patients with variant histology bladder cancer and how antibody-drug conjugates may provide a new treatment option in this setting. Ghali presented the abstract, “Antibody-drug conjugates and variant histology muscle-invasive bladder cancer: are the targets present in primary and/or metastatic tumors?” at the 2022 AUA Annual Meeting (abstract PD53-09).
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.
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.
