Related Experiment Video
Updated: Nov 27, 2025

Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Intratumoral Injection of Cisplatin for the Treatment of Isolated Mediastinal Recurrence of Lung Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2017
[New endovesical chemotherapy and means of administration: EMD, HIVEC, Synergo, Unithermia.]
Félix Guerrero-Ramos1, Alfredo Rodríguez-Antolín2
1Unidad de UroOncología. Servicio de Urología. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. Madrid. España. Departamento de Urología. Hospital HM Montepríncipe. Puerta del Sur y ROC Clinic. Madrid. España.
Abstract:
Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer has a high recurrence and progression rate. Endovesical administration of chemotherapy after transurethral resection of bladder tumors aims to minimize the recurrence and progression rates. Over last decades BCG and MMC have been gold standard treatments. Still alarge proportion of patients recur and progress. Altogether with periods of BCG shortage has facilitate the search for alternatives. In the current manuscript we review the current drug sunder study including chemotherapy, immunotherapy and gene therapy. We also updated results on recent findings on means of intravesical administration, including hyperthermia assisted by external devices. The objectives of our products are implementing new efficient and safe alternatives and the development of technologies that increase of currently used drugs. After years without improvements in the field, nowadays we have a myriad of options available. Some of those new devices will remain and reach general urologist for their applicability. Preliminary results are promising and a positive environment surrounds the urologist in charge of bladder cancer.
Related Concept Videos
Tumor Immunotherapy
Cancer Therapies
However, cancer treatments can pose several challenges, as therapies used to kill cancer cells are generally also toxic to normal cells. Moreover, cancer cells mutate rapidly and can develop resistance to chemical agents or radiation therapy. Besides, all types of cancer cells may not respond to the same therapy. Some cancer cells respond to one...
Cancer Vaccines
Cancer vaccines come in two categories: preventive (prophylactic) and treatment (active). Preventive vaccines, such as the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, protect against viruses that cause certain...
Combination Therapies and Personalized Medicine
The combination of the drug acetazolamide and sulforaphane is a good example of combination therapy to treat cancer. The cells in the interior of a large tumor often die due to the hypoxic and...
Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting: Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists
Urinary Tract Infection IV: Nursing Management

