When you learn you have bladder cancer, it’s only natural to ask: "Can I survive this, for how long, and can I expect to be cured?" You may have searched online for survival rate information. These ...
An update from the phase 2 LEGEND trial shows that the investigational nonviral gene therapy detalimogene voraplasmid has achieved a 62% complete response rate at six months in patients with high-risk ...
Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...
What Is BCG Treatment for Bladder Cancer? Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the main immunotherapy used to treat early-stage bladder cancer. Immunotherapy uses your immune system to fight cancer. BCG ...
Although bladder cancer ranks as the sixth most common cancer in the United States, with approximately 85,000 new cases diagnosed each year, it continues to receive limited awareness, advocacy, and ...
Most people with bladder cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If bladder cancer has spread beyond your bladder, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat ...
James Stewart puts on his rollerblades to get ready to do the trail in Rabb Park on his day off. He continues to be able to be active because of a new treatment for bladder cancer. Last year, at 39, ...
Nearly 20,000 women are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year, according to the American Cancer Society, with most being over age 55. And the unfortunate reality is that women are often diagnosed at ...
Bladder cancer affects many people every year, and despite that, false and outdated beliefs of the people still prevail. While some mistakenly think bladder cancer affects only the older population, ...
While the current approval focuses on the second-line setting, research is already moving into earlier stages of the ...
N1 Single lymph node metastasis, 2 cm or less in greatest dimension N1 Single regional lymph node metastasis in the true pelvis (hypogastric, obturator, external iliac or presacral lymph node) N2 ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DEVI SHASTRI Colorado football coach Deion Sanders was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer earlier this year, had surgery to remove the ...