Treatment of low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer usually involves radical surgery to remove the kidney and ureter, highlighting the need for improved treatments. An international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports in the journal The Lancet Oncology that an innovative form of local chemotherapy using a mitomycin-containing reverse thermal gel offers...
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Erdafitinib shows promise in urothelial cancer patients with specific mutations
MD Anderson-led Phase II trial suggests FGFR inhibitor may benefit patients when immunotherapy fails UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER CHICAGO – In an international Phase II trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, treatment with the oral FGFR inhibitor erdafitinib (ERDA) was well-tolerated and achieved a...
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Non-invasive test can detect Urothelial cancer
(HealthDay)—UroSEEK, which uses DNA recovered from cells shed into urine, can detect urothelial cancer, according to a study published online March 20 in eLife. Simeon U. Springer, from the Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics in Baltimore, and colleagues developed a test to detect urothelial neoplasms that incorporates massive parallel sequencing assays for mutations in...