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Improvements in the initial diagnostic workup for bladder cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n Did you know that you can decrease your patient’s burden and discomfort during the initial workup for bladder cancer with the implementation of urinary biomarkers?<\/p>\n \u00a0According to the 2024 EAU guidelines [1]:<\/p>\n \u201cFour of the commercially available urine biomarkers, Cx-Bladder\u2122, ADX-Bladder\u2122, Xpert\u00ae Bladder and EpiCheck\u00ae, although not tested in RCTs, have such high sensitivities and negative predictive values in the referenced studies for HG disease that these biomarkers may approach the sensitivity of cystoscopy. These 4 tests might be used in the initial diagnostic workup to avoid\/implement cystoscopy, or in follow-up to replace or postpone cystoscopy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Inform your patients and spread the voice with your colleagues to help raise awareness about the availability and benefits of urinary biomarkers<\/strong><\/p>\n You can download and share with your colleagues our comprehensive slide resource \u201cBiomarkers for NMIBC\u201d and our brochure for healthcare professionals here:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/slides-brochure\/” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Slides & Brochure” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#3b8dbf” button_border_width=”0px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”163.3px” custom_padding=”22px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”145px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n You can also encourage your colleagues to subscribe to BCaMonitor.org<\/a> and follow us on LinkedIn<\/a> to receive updates on the latest news about urinary biomarkers for the diagnosis and surveillance of NMIBC and UTUC.<\/p>\n Also the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition<\/strong> hosts this special month to raise awareness of the disease. This year the theme \u201cChallenging uncertainty around bladder cancer symptoms\u201d focuses on the correct identification and interpretation of symptoms and the importance of an early diagnosis [2].<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”98.3px” custom_padding=”22px||15px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”75px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n The earlier the better [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/icon_timer.png” title_text=”icon_timer” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”47%” module_alignment=”center” min_height=”100px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”262.3px” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”256px” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Help the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition raise awareness!<\/strong> <\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”2px||5px|||” global_module=”303″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Improvements in the initial diagnostic workup for bladder cancer Did you know that you can decrease your patient’s burden and discomfort during the initial workup for bladder cancer with the implementation of urinary biomarkers? \u00a0According to the 2024 EAU guidelines [1]: \u201cFour of the commercially available urine biomarkers, Cx-Bladder\u2122, ADX-Bladder\u2122, Xpert\u00ae Bladder and EpiCheck\u00ae, although […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcamonitor.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h4>\n
<\/em><\/strong>\u201cA timely diagnosis significantly increases the chance of long-term survival and quality of life\u201d [2]<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>Visit the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition<\/a> webpage to discover the initiatives and materials you can use to spark conversations with your colleagues about the importance of an early diagnosis!<\/p>\n\n