Molecular Prognostication in Bladder Cancer

Cancer Treatment and Research
Anirban P Mitra, S Daneshmand

Abstract

Clinical outcomes for patients with bladder cancer have largely remained unchanged over the last three decades despite improvements in surgical techniques, perioperative therapies, and postoperative management. Current management still heavily relies on pathologic staging that does not always reflect an individual patient's risk. The genesis and progression of bladder cancer is now increasingly recognized as being a result of alterations in several pathways that affect the cell cycle, apoptosis, cellular signaling, gene regulation, immune modulation, angiogenesis, and tumor cell invasion. Multiplexed assessment of biomarkers associated with alterations in these pathways offers novel insights into tumor behavior while identifying panels that are capable of reproducibly predicting patient outcomes. Future management of bladder cancer will likely incorporate such prognostic molecular models for risk stratification and treatment personalization.

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Aug 18, 2020·BioMed Research International·Qizhan Luo, Xiaobo Zhang
Jun 13, 2021·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·Shanping ShiYang Xi

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