“PADCEV™ Plus Keytruda® Significantly Improves Survival for Patients with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Regardless of Cisplatin Eligibility,” by Astellas Pharma Inc. News release; Dec. 17, 2025.

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is a precursor that, when caught early, can give patients an incredibly favorable prognosis.

Background A healthy, parous, nonsmoking, 36-year-old woman consulted her gynecologist for nonspecific bladder pain. Urinary tract infection was ruled out. Vaginal ultrasonography and MRI revealed an ...

Background A 32-year-old healthy woman from China was diagnosed with a bladder mass during pelvic ultrasonography, carried out during the work-up of a miscarriage. Cystoscopy by the Department of ...

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer is cancer that’s only in the inner lining of your bladder. It hasn’t grown into the muscle wall. Your doctor may also call it superficial bladder cancer, urothelial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The words of the 14th-century English philosopher, William of Ockham, have classically implored physicians to ...

BCG stands for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin. It's a vaccine which is a type of immunotherapy medicine. You usually have BCG into the bladder if you have a high risk of non muscle invasive bladder cancer ...

The types of tests and treatments you should be offered for non‑muscle‑invasive bladder cancer depend on which of these 3 categories it's in. If you have non‑muscle‑invasive bladder cancer, you should ...

Chemotherapy into the bladder is a treatment for non muscle invasive bladder cancer. Chemotherapy is an anti cancer (cytotoxic) drug which destroys cancer cells. You have it through a flexible tube ...