The OncLive Urology condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on urologic cancers, including prostate cancer, bladder cancer, testicular cancer, penile cancer, and renal cell carcinoma. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in brain cancer.
October 29th 2024
DE397 is the first MAT2A inhibitor to show clinical activity and safety in patients with MTAP-deletion urothelial cancer and non–small cell lung cancer.
26th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-26, 2025
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PER LIVER CANCER TUMOR BOARD: How Do Evolving Data for Immune-Based Strategies in Resectable and Unresectable ...
November 16, 2024
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Community Oncology Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2-Expressing Breast Cancer… Advances in Management from HER2-Low to Positive Disease
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Annual Hematology Meeting: Preceding the 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
December 6, 2024
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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18th Annual New York GU Cancers Congress™
March 28-29, 2025
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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BURST CME™: Illuminating the Crossroads of Precision Medicine and Targeted Treatment Options in Metastatic CRC
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Nadofaragene Firadenovec Induces Durable Activity in High-Risk, BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC With CIS
November 29th 2023Nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg led to encouraging rates of high-grade recurrence-free survival and overall survival in patients with high-risk, BCG-unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumors.
Enfortumab Vedotin Plus Pembrolizumab Has Potential to Alter SOC in Frontline Urothelial Cancer
The combination of enfortumab vedotin-ejfv plus pembrolizumab represents a chemotherapy-free regimen that could alter the standard of care in the frontline treatment of all patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Dr Jayram on the Role of Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer
November 3rd 2023Gautam Jayram, MD, discusses the current indications for immunotherapy agents in the bladder cancer treatment paradigm, as well as immune-related adverse effects to be aware of when treating patients who are receiving these therapies.
Bladder Cancer Programs Offer Patients Comprehensive and Cutting-Edge Care
November 3rd 2023Gautam Jayram, MD, discusses current standards of care in the bladder cancer treatment arena, novel therapies under investigation in clinical trials that may expand the arsenal of available treatment strategies, and emphasizes the importance of implementing bladder cancer programs.
Successful Bladder Cancer Programs Rely on Old Pillars, New Innovations
Building a successful bladder cancer program requires clinicians to employ a multifaceted approach that prioritizes good surgical practices, embraces immunotherapies with an understanding of the adverse effects that can accompany them, and being up to date in terms of options for patients.
Sacituzumab Govitecan Plus Enfortumab Vedotin Shows Early Promise in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
October 31st 2023Combining sacituzumab govitecan-hziy and enfortumab vedotin-ejfv was safe, feasible, and produced high and early response rates in patients with treatment-resistant metastatic urothelial cancer.
EMA Validates Application for Frontline Nivolumab Plus Chemo in Advanced Urothelial Cancer
October 30th 2023The European Medicines Agency has validated a type II variation application for the first-line combination of nivolumab and cisplatin-based chemotherapy for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Dr Catto on the Utility of Erdafitinib in High-Risk nMIBC With FGFR Alterations
October 27th 2023James Catto, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCS, discusses the utility of erdafitinib in patients with high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer with select FGFR alterations who have received prior treatment with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin.
FDA Accepts BLA Resubmission for N-803 in BCG-Unresponsive, High-Risk NMIBC In Situ
The FDA has accepted the resubmission of a biologics license application seeking the approval of N-803 in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for the treatment of patients with BCG-unresponsive, non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without Ta or T1 disease.
Frontline Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy Boosts OS and PFS in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
October 22nd 2023Concurrent frontline nivolumab and gemcitabine-cisplatin followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy elicited OS and PFS benefits vs gemcitabine-cisplatin alone in patients with previously untreated, metastatic or unresectable urothelial carcinoma.
Individualized Treatment Selection and Sequencing Enhances Bladder and Prostate Cancer Management
October 18th 2023Daniel S. Childs, MD, and colleagues spotlight future innovations in the management of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, treatment sequencing for metastatic urothelial carcinoma, and key data with PARP inhibitor combinations in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Improves DFS in Localized Urothelial Cancer
October 5th 2023Pembrolizumab as adjuvant therapy led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival compared with observation in patients with localized muscle invasive urothelial cancer and locally advanced urothelial cancer.
Dr Desai on the Benefits and Limitations of Bladder Preservation With Chemoradiation in MIBC
September 28th 2023Neil Desai, MD, discusses the potential benefits and limitations of utilizing chemoradiation or triple modality therapy for bladder preservation in the upfront management of patients with locally advanced, nonmetastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Treatment with the combination of enfortumab Vedotin and pembrolizumab led to an improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who were eligible for cisplatin- or carboplatin-containing chemotherapy.
Preoperative APL-1202 Plus Tislelizumab Meets pCR Criteria, Moves to Next Stage of Trial in MIBC
September 13th 2023The Safety Monitoring Committee determined that prespecified criteria for pathologic complete response were met with the use of the PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab alone or in combination with APL-1202 as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer.
A marketing authorization application has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency seeking the approval of erdafitinib for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma harboring susceptible FGFR3 alterations who experienced disease progression during or following at least 1 line of therapy containing a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor.
Dr Wang on Switch Maintenance Therapy in Urothelial Carcinoma
Jue Wang, MD, professor, Department of Internal Medicine, member, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses the benefits of switch maintenance therapy and individualized treatment strategies in patients with relapsed or refractory urothelial carcinoma.