Much of basic cancer research is based on studies with cultured cancer cells. However, the usefulness of these studies greatly depends on how accurately these cancer cells grown in a dish represent human tumors. A University ...
Jun 8, 2016
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Results of several clinical trials released Sunday show the revolutionary potential of immunotherapy in treating advanced cases of hard to treat types of cancer, such as bladder and lung cancer.
Jun 5, 2016
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A new drug that harnesses the immune system to attack tumors is highly effective against advanced bladder cancer, according to the results of an international clinical trial to be presented June 5 at the annual meeting of ...
Jun 5, 2016
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A new immunotherapy drug, atezolizumab, has been approved for patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma, a type of bladder cancer. The drug represents the first new treatment for this form of the disease in more than ...
Jun 1, 2016
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U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for bladder cancer that harnesses the body's immune system, the first major advance in three decades against the most common type of bladder cancer.
May 18, 2016
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Scientists have found that heating the chemotherapy drug mitomycin-C prior to using it for treating bladder cancer may radically improve its efficacy. The findings, published in the International Journal of Hyperthermia, ...
May 17, 2016
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Over the last several years, research teams across the world have scoured the genomes of cancer cells in a quest to uncover the genes that drive tumor growth. Meticulous analyses of the many thousands of genetic mutations ...
May 6, 2016
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A new study has found that drinking water from private wells, particularly dug wells established during the first half of the 20th century, may have contributed to the elevated risk of bladder cancer that has been observed ...
May 2, 2016
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Research into bladder tumour surgery has found that using narrow band imaging can significantly reduce the risk of disease recurrence.
Apr 28, 2016
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Although laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) and robotic assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) continue to grow in popularity and are successful in the treatment of bladder cancer, they are still considered experimental approaches. ...
Apr 26, 2016
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