ESMO 2025 bladder cancer highlights include results from KEYNOTE-905/EV-303, RC48-C016, and IMvigor011 studies.
Phase 3 data from multiple studies presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2025 demonstrated that novel staging approaches along with new therapy combinations, such as enfortumab vedotin (EV) plus pembrolizumab and disitamab vedotin plus toripalimab improved survival outcomes in patients with bladder cancer.
Experts attending the conference suggested that these results may be practice-changing for this patient population.
The final survival analysis of the randomized, controlled BladderPath trial showed greater bladder cancer-specific survival (BCSS) in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT).
Author's summary: Novel combinations improve bladder cancer outcomes.