Researchers say a new drug-delivery implant could help patients with hard-to-treat bladder cancer avoid losing their bladders — and stay cancer-free for years.

A slow drug-release system has proven highly effective in treating certain bladder cancer patients whose tumors were previously unresponsive to therapy. A new targeted drug delivery system known as TA ...

TAR-200, a small drug-releasing implant, wiped out tumors in most patients with high-risk bladder cancer. Its slow, ...

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer is cancer that’s only in the inner lining of your bladder. It hasn’t grown into the muscle wall. Your doctor may also call it superficial bladder cancer, urothelial ...

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 ...

"Treatment with TAR-200 has long-lasting effectiveness. More than 82 percent of patients achieved a complete response, and of those that initially responded to treatment, more than half showed no ...

Growth hormone receptor (GHR) signaling in bladder cancer is associated with advanced tumor stages and poor survival outcomes. High GHR expression in tumors up-regulates genes involved in drug ...

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 ...

Excitement is building as a new treatment for advanced bladder cancer that doubles survival time has been approved for NHS use. The new treatment combination includes enfortumab vedotin (Padcev) and ...

Robotic surgery for bladder cancer speeds recovery, reduces pain, and improves quality of life. It also significantly reduces risks such as blood clots and can preserve functions like sexual health.

TAR-200 achieved an 82% tumor elimination rate in high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients resistant to previous treatments. The device releases gemcitabine into the bladder over three ...