
Opinion|Videos|February 19, 2025
Future of BCG in NMIBC
Author(s)Mark D. Tyson, MD, MPH, Gary D. Steinberg, MD
Panelists discuss how it would be preferred that BCG monotherapy not remain the first-line treatment for intermediate-risk and high-risk disease within the next 10 years. It is encouraged that the future of first-line treatment be a noninfectious agent that would be easier to develop and include more data.
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- Given these recent advances and emerging agents, do you think BCG monotherapy will remain the first-line treatment for intermediate-risk and high-risk disease?
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