Genitourinary Cancer News

Survivors of most types of cancers demonstrated increased medium- to long-term risk for at least one cardiovascular disease compared with the general population, according to results of a retrospective study published in The Lancet.

CDC data showed that most of the estimated 34,800 cancers yearly attributed to HPV annually between 2012 and 2016 could have been prevented if the patient had received the 9-valent HPV vaccine.

Teratoma appeared associated with a higher cumulative incidence of disease-related death among men with nonseminomatous germ cell primary tumors, according to results of a retrospective study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Men with prostate cancer with positive surgical margins or extracapsular extension achieved longer biochemical RFS after radical prostatectomy with adjuvant radiotherapy compared with surgery alone, according to results of a randomized Finnish study published in European Urology.

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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, or BCG, is highly effective at treating and preventing recurrence of early-stage bladder cancer.

The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, in collaboration with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Helmsley Charitable Trust, have formed a cancer and diabetes research initiative to better understand the association between immunotherapy treatment and subsequent risk for type 1 diabetes.

The addition of atezolizumab to platinum-based chemotherapy extended PFS among patients with previously untreated advanced bladder cancer, according to results released by the agent’s manufacturer.

Nivolumab showed durable antitumor activity among patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma, both alone and combined with ipilimumab, according to extended follow-up from the CheckMate 032 study.

The most effective and preferred treatment for many cancers remains surgery, and surgical techniques continue to evolve with the rest of the cancer care arsenal.