What Is BCG Treatment for Bladder Cancer? Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the main immunotherapy used to treat early-stage bladder cancer. Immunotherapy uses your immune system to fight cancer. BCG ...

Immunotherapy uses the power of your immune system to fight your cancer. One type of immunotherapy is called an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Your immune system has built-in checkpoints that help it ...

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 ...

Although bladder cancer ranks as the sixth most common cancer in the United States, with approximately 85,000 new cases diagnosed each year, it continues to receive limited awareness, advocacy, and ...

Fran Curtis experienced mild urinary changes, leading to a bladder cancer diagnosis, highlighting the importance of early detection in women. Initial BCG treatment was unsuccessful, prompting a second ...

FDA approved Imfinzi with gemcitabine and cisplatin for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, based on NIAGARA trial results showing improved survival outcomes. The regimen integrates immunotherapy in pre- ...

Bladder cancer is a common cancer and one of the most costly to treat, yet there has been little change in the standard of care in 40 years. This panel will focus on the unmet needs in bladder cancer ...

Excitement is building as a new treatment for advanced bladder cancer that doubles survival time has been approved for NHS use. The new treatment combination includes enfortumab vedotin (Padcev) and ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Head coach Deion Sanders of the University of Colorado speaks about his journey beating bladder cancer during a press conference in the Touchdown Club at ...