Background: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma face a poor prognosis. Standard first-line treatment involves platinum-based combinations followed by avelumab maintenance therapy. Follow-up therapies include enfortumab vedotin, vinflunine, and taxanes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystemic treatment of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder requires complex approaches and is constantly evolving. Neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy remains the current standard of care for muscle-invasive advanced bladder cancer. For patients ineligible for cisplatin, adjuvant treatment with nivolumab is recommended.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Despite growing evidence for bilateral pelvic radiotherapy (whole pelvis RT, WPRT) there is almost no data on unilateral RT (hemi pelvis RT, HPRT) in patients with nodal recurrent prostate cancer after prostatectomy. Nevertheless, in clinical practice HPRT is sometimes used with the intention to reduce side effects compared to WPRT. Prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography / computed tomography (PSMA-PET/CT) is currently the best imaging modality in this clinical situation.
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