Complete removal of the bladder (cystectomy) is the treatment of choice. This provides excellent control of the primary tumor and removes all of the primary lymph node drainage and any potential ...

Amid a rapidly evolving landscape in the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), new findings presented at the 2025 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California, ...

Ghatalia and colleagues reported findings from a study on a biomarker-guided bladder-preservation strategy. Patients who achieved pCR on the basis of biomarkers had the option to defer cystectomy ...

This is typically done during a radical cystectomy. Radiation therapy uses high energy radiation to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. In bladder cancer, this type of treatment is given as ...

Although radical cystectomy is an effective treatment for bladder cancer, it can have negative effects on urinary and sexual function. Lane et al. have performed nerve-sparing and reproductive ...

who were not receiving surgery to remove the bladder (cystectomy) and nearby lymph nodes, has been discontinued after it showed no improvement over the standard chemoradiation treatment for this ...

A urachal cyst is a sac of tissue and fluid between the bladder and the belly button (umbilicus). The cyst forms in the remnants of the urachus, a structure normally present in a fetus that ...

Professors Rik Bryan and Nicholas James explain how an image-directed pathway for muscle-invasive bladder cancer improves ...

An expert discusses how adjuvant therapy options for high-risk muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC); ypT2-ypT4a or N+) ...

BLADDER cancer is classified as either non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) or muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) ...

Discover how AI-based assays offer a promising approach to tailor treatment for high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

The combination therapy was found to improve survival rates among muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC ... response (pCR), before and after radical cystectomy. It has enrolled 1,063 patients ...