There’s a new twist in the fight against bladder cancer — and it’s delivering game-changing results. In a recent clinical trial, a pretzel-shaped device that slowly releases chemotherapy drugs ...

What makes the case unique: A urethral stricture is an unusual cause of Christmas tree bladder. Normally, a bottleneck in the ...

According to researcher Anne Robertson, the bladder is not considered a particularly glamorous organ, despite hosting many of the same physiological elements and processes as the heart. Subscribe to ...

The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first immunotherapy against cancer. And it is still used today to treat ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson’s drug delivery system for a type of bladder cancer, offering a potential surgery-free option for patients. The drug release system, ...

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 ...

A research team is shedding new light on Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a decades-old bladder cancer treatment, which is also given as vaccine against tuberculosis. The findings could help improve ...

TAR-200, a small drug-releasing implant, wiped out tumors in most patients with high-risk bladder cancer. Its slow, consistent release of chemotherapy proved far more effective than traditional ...