The OncLive Immunotherapy in GU Cancers condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on available and investigational immunotherapies in genitourinary malignancies, specifically prostate cancer, urothelial carcinoma, and renal cell carcinoma. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on updates with checkpoint inhibitors and the ongoing research with this type of treatment.
May 6th 2024
The FDA has accepted a biologics license application for subcutaneous nivolumab for adult patients eligible for approved solid tumor nivolumab indications.
Biomarker Dilemma Persists With Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer
May 15th 2018The quest continues to identify a predictive biomarker of response to more precisely treat patients with checkpoint inhibitors that, while markedly beneficial to some patients, are not without their own costs and associated immune-related adverse effects.
Dr. Balar on Impact of Durvalumab Plus Tremelimumab in Bladder Cancer
May 10th 2018Arjun V. Balar, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, director, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses the impact of the combination of durvalumab (Imfinzi) plus tremelimumab in metastatic bladder cancer.
Dr. McKay on FDA Approval of Nivolumab/Ipilimumab in Frontline RCC
April 16th 2018Rana R. McKay, MD, assistant professor of medicine and medical oncologist at the University of California, San Diego, discusses the FDA approval of nivolumab (Opdivo) combined with ipilimumab (Yervoy) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Chemotherapy May Be Vital to Long-Term Immunotherapy Efficacy in Bladder Cancer
March 14th 2018Parminder Singh, MD, discusses the potential of immunotherapy, the importance of sequencing to avoid disease progression, and the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy to reach an unmet need in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Dr. Gupta on the Role of Surgery in Bladder Cancer
March 12th 2018Amit Gupta, MD, urologic oncologist, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses how the use of immunotherapy agents is altering the role of surgery in bladder cancer and the need for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) alternatives.