This educational activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from Astellas and Pfizer, and is intended for an audience of healthcare professionals, excluding those based in the US.

Raising the bar in bladder​ cancer care: Collaborative​ approaches to treatment​ selection, application and​ integration

The treatment landscape for advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC) and muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is evolving rapidly, with emerging therapies creating new opportunities and new complexities in treatment selection, sequencing, and patient management.

Raising the Bar in Bladder Cancer Care brings together expert perspectives and practical, case-based learning to help clinicians navigate current and emerging treatment strategies, optimize multidisciplinary decision-making, and confidently integrate advances in bladder cancer care into clinical practice.

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Raising the bar in bladder​ cancer care: Collaborative​ approaches to treatment​ selection, application and​ integration
Duration: 1 hour
Release date: 16 October 2026
Expiry date: 31 May 2027

Learning activities

Vodcast
15 minutes
Join Enrique Grande and María T Bourlon as they discuss guideline-recommended treatment selection and sequencing in advanced urothelial carcinoma, before exploring the evolving role of biomarkers and how newer therapies are redefining treatment success.
Vodcast
15 minutes
Join Enrique Grande and Michiel van der Heijden as they review the latest evidence supporting perioperative treatment strategies in MIBC, before exploring how evolving biomarkers such as ctDNA and utDNA may help guide risk assessment, treatment selection, and future bladder-preservation strategies.
Vodcast
15 minutes
Join Enrique Grande and Maria Lapuente as they explore patient-centered and multidisciplinary approaches to treatment decision-making, patient education, and adverse event management for newer bladder cancer therapies.
Enrique Grande

Enrique Grande

Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud, Spain
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María Teresa Bourlon

María Teresa Bourlon

Instituto Nacional De Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
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Michiel van der Heijden

Michiel van der Heijden

Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), The Netherlands
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Maria Lapuente

Maria Lapuente

St Bartholomew's Hospital, UK
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  1. Select and sequence guideline-recommended treatment for advance urothelial carcinoma based on patient factors, prior therapies and emerging evidence on optimal sequencing of treatments
  2. Evaluate clinical data supporting perioperative treatment strategies for MIBC, including for immunotherapy and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) strategies
  3. Establish and apply patient-centred and multidisciplinary strategies to support treatment decision-making and adverse event management for newer treatment regimens in bladder cancer

In addition to the expert faculty, Springer Healthcare IME planners and staff include Kamran Ahmad and Rebecca Cox. The planning committee have no financial relationships to disclose.

All relevant financial relationships of the faculty have been mitigated.

Urologists, oncologists, surgeons, oncology nurses, physician assistants, pathologists and pharmacists involved in the care of patients with advanced UC and MIBC, and all other healthcare professionals (HCPs) managing bladder cancer.

 

This educational activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from Astellas and Pfizer, and is intended for an audience of healthcare professionals, excluding those based in the US.
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Stylized illustration of a bladder with surrounding cancer cells © Springer Health+ IME; Enrique Grande headshot © Enrique Grande; María Teresa Bourlon headshot © María Teresa Bourlon; Michiel van der Heijden headshot © Michiel van der Heijden; Maria Lapuente headshot © Maria Lapuente
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