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Which patients with high-risk NMIBC are you selecting for durvalumab plus BCG (POTOMAC) over BCG monotherapy alone?

Does the current non-significant OS data mean we should really be prioritizing patients with highest-risk disease? How will you define that?
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For which patients are you planning to add durvalumab to BCG (POTOMAC regimen) for high risk NMIBC?

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Urology · Penn State Health
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I'm not selecting patients for these therapies right now. POTOMAC is clearly a positive trial, with a 32% reduction in the risk of recurrence or progression with durvalumab plus BCG induction and maintenance, and the benefit was sustained with more than five years of follow-up. However, what also st...

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Medical Oncology · University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
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The vast majority of patients with bladder cancer have NMIBC, and first-line BCG has been the standard of care for several decades now. The high-risk patients for POTOMAC are those who have high-grade Ta, T1, and carcinoma in situ, those with recurrent papillary tumors, >3 cm lesions, multiple tumor...

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