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.
Dr. Friedlander on Checkpoint Inhibitors in Second-Line Bladder Cancer Treatment
October 31st 2017Terence Friedlander, MD, an assistant clinical professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, discusses checkpoint inhibitors in second-line bladder cancer treatment.
Dr. Choueiri on the Role of Cabozantinib in RCC
October 10th 2017Toni Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the role of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) for patients with renal cell carcinoma
Immunotherapy Agents Leading Advancements in Metastatic Bladder Cancer
October 10th 2017The therapeutic landscape is rapidly being altered by clinical trials of immunotherapy for patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma, but simply changing the way quality of life is monitored could provide dramatic improvements in overall survival.
Pembrolizumab Shows Greater Long-Term Benefits Versus Chemo for Urothelial Carcinoma
September 10th 2017Mature results from the phase III KEYNOTE-045 study presented at the 2017 ESMO Congress demonstrated that overall survival with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) continued to improve compared to chemotherapy in patients with recurrent, advanced urothelial carcinoma.