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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Jane Kirby

‘Increased survival rates’ for bladder cancer patients given immunotherapy drug

Around half of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer currently experience recurrence within three years (Alamy/PA) -

Bladder cancer patients given an immunotherapy drug are a third less likely to see disease come back and are more likely to survive, according to a “game-changer” study.

Patients with advanced (muscle-invasive) bladder cancer had significantly less risk of cancer progressing or returning when treated with durvalumab, and were more likely to still be alive two years after treatment.

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