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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Adding Checkpoint Inhibitor to Therapy Improves Overall Survival in Bladder Cancer

In patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) eligible for neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy, the addition of an adjuvant durvalumab (Imfinzi, AstraZeneca) increases overall survival (OS), according to a phase 3 randomized trial. The study results (abstract LBA5) were reported at the 2024 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), in Barcelona, Spain. 

Overall survival was a secondary end point, but the improvement in OS