Keytruda's Proposed Bladder Cancer Indication: Is Delaying Cystectomy Really A Benefit?

 
• By Derrick Gingery

Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee members wondered when Keytruda should be used since cystectomy can be curative and waiting could make the surgery more difficult.

Bladder as a normal and overactive urinary organ comparison representing the involuntary loss of urine concept as a healthy and unhealthy condition with 3D illustration elements.
Cystectomies in some patients with a high-risk bladder cancer could be tougher if delayed, advisory committee members argued. • Source: Shutterstock

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