Xpert® Bladder Cancer Monitor is a urinary marker based on the evaluation of five target mRNAs overexpressed in patients with bladder cancer (BC). The aim of our study is to update our results regarding the diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert® Bladder Cancer Monitor test in the follow-up of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).
Charles Ryan: Hello, welcome. I’m Chuck Ryan from the University of Minnesota, and I am delighted to be joined today by Sia Daneshmand, who is a Professor of Urology, with a Clinical Scholar designation, at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Daneshmand just presented a really important phase 2 study in […]
In a public hearing on early detection and screening of cancer on 18 March 2021, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) heard from Prof. Hein van Poppel (BE), EAU Adjunct Secretary General, on the issue of early detection of prostate cancer. The hearing was designed to take stock of screening programmes currently supported by the […]
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab (nivo/ipi) is an approved therapy for patients with intermediate- or poor-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Clinical factors that guide the selection of this regimen for patients with mRCC are urgently needed.
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for small renal masses (SRMs) at a large single-institution center during a period of 12 years. A total of 118 patients underwent RFA for SRM between July 2006 and July 2018 at our institution.
Patients with cancer may be at high risk of adverse outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection. We analyzed a cohort of patients with cancer and COVID-19 reported to the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) to identify prognostic clinical factors, including laboratory measurements and anti-cancer therapies.
Next-generation imaging includes positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (wbMRI) including diffusion-weighted imaging. Accurate quantification of oligometastatic disease using next-generation imaging is important to define the role and value of metastasis-directed therapy (MDT).
In metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), assessing treatment response and bone lesions with technetium-99m is limited by image resolution and subjectivity. We evaluated bone scan lesion area (BSLA), a quantitative imaging assessment of response in patients with mCRPC receiving radium-223 alone or in combination with androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (abiraterone/prednisone or enzalutamide).
Due to improved imaging sensitivity, the term "oligometastatic" prostate cancer disease is diagnosed more often, leading to an increasing interest in metastasis-directed therapy (MDT). There are two types of radiation based MDT applied when treating oligometastatic disease: (1) stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) generally used for bone metastases; or (2) SBRT for isolated nodal oligometastases […]
Prostate cancer predisposes patients and caregivers to a wide range of complex physical and psychosocial challenges, and interventions must incorporate a wide range of self-management strategies to help patients and their caregivers effectively cope with cancer challenges.
