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Tag Archives for " Bladder Cancer "
Hydrogen Peroxide as Bladder Cancer Therapy
“The clinical effects of BCG on bladder cancer might be mediated by the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), according to new research published online in The Journal of Urology…” Hi David- What
Continue readingBladder Cancer Therapy beyond Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
The agent (CG0070) yielded an overall 12-month complete response (CR) rate of 30% in a phase 2 single-arm trial in patients with BCG-unresponsive, high-grade Ta, T1, or CIS ± Ta/T1 non-muscle-invasive
Continue readingEnhanced Cystoscopy for Early Bladder Cancer
Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLC) increases detection rates of carcinoma in-situ and papillary lesions over WLC alone and can change management in 14% of cases… Imagine that you are a newly diagnosed bladder
Continue readingFor Bladder Cancer Cystectomy, Less Is More
Maguire…was diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer this year. He was resigned to losing his bladder and having doctors fashion a “neobladder” out of his intestines… The article linked
Continue readingMuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer- Integrative Chemotherapy
Platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to improve survival outcomes in muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients… Dear Cancer Coach- my dad has stage 2 bladder cancer- it’s in the
Continue readingBladder Cancer and BCG- side effects and relapse?
“Overall, our results suggest that curcumin potentiates the antitumor effect of BCG through the inhibition of NF-kappaB and induction of TRAIL receptors in bladder cancer cells…” According
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