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In the BladderPath study, researchers explored staging suspected muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) with MRI and biopsy instead of conventional transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). Presenting at the <a href="https://www.esmo.org/meetings/esmo-congress-2022">ESMO Congress 2022</a>, the study&rsquo;s lead author, Nicholas James, reported that the randomized trial enrolled 143 patients (median years of age, 74) between May 2018 and December 2021.Among the participants, 47.9% had probable non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), and 52.1% had possible MIBC. Patients with suspected MIBC were randomized to assessment via standard TURBT or MRI and biopsy. All patients with probable NMIBC underwent TURBT.<h3>MRI-Alternative to TURBT Yields Superior Time to Correct Treatment</h3>In an initial feasibility phase, the primary end point was the proportion of patients who completed the allocated assessment, with a target of 80%. In the following efficacy phase, the primary measure was the time to correct treatment&mdash;TURBT for NMIBC or the first of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, or elective palliative care for MIBC&mdash;with a target of 30-day reduction in time to correct treatment.During the feasibility phase, 95% of patients with MIBC completed their allocated assessment (37 of 39; 95% CI, 83-99%), James noted. In the efficacy phase, TURBT demonstrated a median time to correct MIBC treatment of 98 days (95% CI, 72-174) compared with 53 days (95% CI, 20-89) with MRI plus biopsy (hazard ratio [HR], 3.4; 95% CI, 1.4-8.3; P=.0046). Additionally, TURBT and MRI-based assessments among all patients led to a median time to correct treatment of 37 and 31 days, respectively (HR, 1.3; 95% CI, 0.9-1.8).James summarized that &ldquo;an MRI-directed pathway led to substantial shortening of time to correct treatment for MIBC patients with no detrimental effect of time to treatment for NMIBC patients.&rdquo;View More Cancer <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/esmo-2022/">Research Featured at the ESMO Congress 2022</a>

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