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2 days ago

Treatment that can double bladder cancer survival rates available to 1,000 patients in England

Clinical trials of the drug have shown that people with bladder cancer that has spread (metastasised) live up to twice as long when given the combination antibody treatment when compared with those given normal chemotherapy. One trial also found that almost 30% of patients had no detectable traces of cancer in their body following treatment with enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab, compared with only 12.5% with chemotherapy.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

How surgeons build a new bladder for cancer patients like Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders underwent neobladder reconstruction surgery due to aggressive bladder cancer, utilizing tissue from his small intestine.
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3 weeks ago

Deion Sanders reveals bladder cancer diagnosis but says he's considered "cancer free" after treatment

We removed the tumor. It was very high-grade and invading through the bladder wall. Not into the muscle layer, something we call very high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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