(UroToday.com) The 2021 European Association of Urology (EAU) annual meeting had a Controversies in Bladder Cancer 2021: Rapid-fire debates session. The session was introduced by Dr. Ashish Kamat with chairs of the session, Professors Joan Palou and Arnulf Stenzl. There were five rapid-fire debates with case-based discussions, multiple presenters have the opportunity to discuss nuances of common dilemmas facing urologic oncology patients and providers and to use these evidence-based debates to provide clear, rational guidance on the timely management of difficult situations in bladder cancer.
In this rapid fire debate, the focus is on the management of HG T1 bladder cancer with concurrent CIS. Dr. Palou argues for intravesical therapy while Dr. Witjes argues for upfront radical cystectomy.