Bladder Cancer Awareness Month: subtypes, diagnostics & breakthroughs

Bladder Cancer Awareness Month: subtypes, diagnostics & breakthroughs

From VJOncology Podcast by VJOncology

May 8, 2026 · 16 min · Episode 227

About this episode

The episode discusses recent advances in bladder cancer research and clinical care in honor of Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we mark Bladder Cancer Awareness Month by exploring recent advances in bladder cancer research and clinical care. Join Joaquim Bellmunt of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Eva Compérat of Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Roberto Contieri of Humanitas University, Milan, Italy, and Vadim Koshkin of University of California, San Francisco, CA, as they discuss circulating tumor DNA for MRD monitoring in muscle-invasive bladder cancer, advances in intravesical therapies and urinary tract diagnostics, de-escalated approaches for low-grade non-muscle-invasive disease, and the evolving molecular classification of bladder cancer into luminal and basal subtypes.

People in this episode

Guests: Joaquim Bellmunt, Eva Compérat, Roberto Contieri, Vadim Koshkin

Topics covered

  • bladder cancer
  • research advances
  • clinical care
  • diagnostics
  • treatment subtypes
  • circulating tumor DNA
  • intravesical therapies

Keywords

  • bladder cancer
  • MRD monitoring
  • muscle-invasive
  • intravesical therapies
  • non-muscle-invasive
  • molecular classification
  • luminal subtypes
  • basal subtypes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Medical University of Vienna, Humanitas University, University of California, San Francisco

Places: Boston, MA, Vienna, Austria, Milan, Italy, San Francisco, CA

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