Impact of age >70 years on oncological outcomes in patients with non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer treated with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin
Contieri R, Grajales V, Tan W, Martini A, Sood A, Hensley P, Bree K, Lobo N, Nogueras‐Gonzalez G, Guo C, Navai N, Dinney C, Kamat A. Impact of age >70 years on oncological outcomes in patients with non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer treated with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin. BJU International 2023, 133: 63-70. PMID: 37442564, PMCID: PMC10787034, DOI: 10.1111/bju.16127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerBacillus Calmette-GuerinCancer-specific mortalityCompeting-risk regression analysisCohort of patientsOncological outcomesFood and Drug AdministrationHG recurrenceAssociated with adverse oncologic outcomesHigh-gradeImpact of ageInstitutional review board-approved retrospective studyBacillus Calmette-Guerin instillationsIntravesical BCGCumulative incidence of progressionAdverse oncologic outcomesIncidence of progressionAssociation of advanced ageUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationStates Food and Drug AdministrationCumulative incidence methodPredictors of progressionStudy's primary outcomeBCG instillationRegression analysisEvolving systemic management of urothelial cancers
Tan W, Tan M, Alhalabi O, Campbell M, Kamat A, Gao J. Evolving systemic management of urothelial cancers. Current Opinion In Oncology 2023, 35: 186-199. PMID: 36966497, DOI: 10.1097/cco.0000000000000942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlatinum-based chemotherapyInvasive bladder cancerBladder cancerAntibody-drug conjugatesFibroblast growth factor receptorCheckpoint inhibitorsUrothelial carcinomaProgrammed cell death-ligand 1 inhibitorsLocalized muscle invasive bladder cancerImprove bladder cancer outcomesNonmuscle invasive bladder cancerTraditional platinum-based chemotherapyProgrammed cell death 1Management of urothelial carcinomaMuscle invasive bladder cancerImmune checkpoint inhibitorsCell death 1Third-line optionBladder cancer outcomesResponse to therapyGrowth factor receptorFood and Drug AdministrationDeath-1Second-lineSystemic treatment