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For patients with advanced urothelial cancer that has recurred or progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy

ASCO: Pembrolizumab Is Good Second-Line Tx in Urothelial CA

Findings for patients with advanced urothelial CA that recurred or progressed after platinum-based chemo

ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Feb. 16-18

The 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium The American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium was held from Feb. 16 to 18 in...
For men with bladder cancer

Androgen Suppression Tx May Prevent Intravesical Recurrence

Androgen suppression therapy may be prophylactic for intravesical recurrence of bladder cancer
For patients undergoing radical nephroureterectomy for pT3/T4 and/or pN+ upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Chemo Benefits Patients After Nephroureterectomy in UTUC

Adjuvant chemo better than observation after radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial CA
Loss of argininosuccinate synthetase 1

ASS1 Loss Identified in Invasive Bladder Cancer

ASS1-deficient cells were preferentially sensitive to ADI-PEG 20, as shown by reduced cell viability
Patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy before and after radical cystectomy frequently experience thromboembolic events

Thromboembolic Events Common With Chemo for Bladder Cancer

Findings in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Low vitamin D levels may increase the risk of bladder cancer

Bladder Cancer Risk Correlates With Low Serum Vitamin D

Researchers find that bladder epithelial cells activate and respond to vitamin D
For patients undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy

Factors ID’d for Recurrence After Radical Cystectomy

Pathological tumor characteristics mainly predict recurrence after robot-assisted radical cystectomy
Early unexpected recurrences after laparoscopic radical cystectomy occur in 8.7 percent of patients with favorable pathological characteristics

Study Looks at Recurrence After Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy

During first 24 months, 8.7 percent of patients with favorable pathological characteristics had progressed
Among patients with stage IV bladder cancer

Sex Disparities in Chemo Use for Advanced Bladder Cancer

Women have lower median overall survival, even after adjustment for administration of chemo