Urine Test Promising for Detection of Bladder Cancer Recurrence A test using monoclonal antibodies to detect bladder cancer cells in urine may be an effective and non-invasive method for identifying bladder... Continue Reading

Uncertain Whether P53 Predicts Bladder Cancer Prognosis In spite of a decade of research, a review published in The Lancet Oncology concludes that it is still not clear whether levels of the protein P53... Continue Reading

Older Patients Fare Well After Xeloda® and Radiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer Patients with bladder cancer who are not candidates for surgery or cisplatin-based chemotherapy appear to do well after... Continue Reading

More Patients, Better Outcomes After Surgery for Urological Cancer Patients have better outcomes after surgery for urological cancers (such as prostate or bladder cancer) if they are treated at hospitals... Continue Reading

Less Toxic Adjuvant Chemotherapy Regimen for Patients with Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer Evaluated A recently published article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reports that a combination of the drugs... Continue Reading

FISH Testing from Urine Samples May Predict Risk of Cancer Progression in Patients with Superficial Bladder Cancer According to a recent article published in the Journal of Urology , laboratory testing... Continue Reading

Neoadjuvant Taxotere® and Platinol® Produces Favorable Outcomes in Patients with Bladder Cancer Researchers from Greece have reported that chemotherapy treatment with Taxotere® (docetaxel) and Platinol®... Continue Reading

Addition of Hyperthermia Reduces Recurrences in Superficial Bladder Cancer According to a recent article published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, local hyperthermia added to intravesical... Continue Reading

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Immunotherapy Prevents Cancer Progression and Death in Patients with Superficial Bladder Cancer Unfortunately, surgical removal of bladder cancer does not prevent... Continue Reading

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Immunotherapy is Superior to Mitomycin for Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancer The optimal treatment for prevention of recurrence of superficial bladder cancer or the... Continue Reading