BJMO - volume 15, issue 2, march 2021
S. Bulteel BSc, T. Muilwijk MD
Intravesical BCG is the standard of care in the treatment of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer as it decreases the risk of recurrence and progression. Although it has been used for more than 40 years, it is currently still superior over chemotherapy and other immunotherapies. The worldwide shortage of BCG stresses the need for alternatives of BCG, for which the only curative treatment option outside clinical studies is an early radical cystectomy.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2021;15(2):57-62)
Read moreBJMO - 2020, issue Special, october 2020
T. Muilwijk MD, Prof, dr. J.P. Redorta , Prof, dr. A. Zietman , Prof, dr. Y. Loriot
Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) makes up about 75% of all bladder cancers. Unfortunately, the majority of patients with NMIBC will experience a disease recurrence and a substantial proportion of them (~20–25%) will progress to muscle-invasive disease. Patients with high-risk NMIBC represent a particularly challenging patient group that is confronted with an increased 5-year risk of recurrence (up to 80 %) and progression (up to 50 %).1 At BMUC 2020, an entire session was dedicated to the different treatment options for these patients: Dr. Tim Muilwijk (University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) discussed BCG therapy, Prof. Dr. Joan Palou Redorta (Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain) talked about the potential of early cytoreductive therapy, Prof. Dr. Anthony Zietman (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA) made a case for the use of radiotherapy in high-risk NMIBC patients and Prof. Dr. Yohann Loriot (Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Paris, France) provided an overview of the data generated with targeted therapy in this setting.
Read moreBJMO - volume 11, issue 1, february 2017
T. Muilwijk MD, T. Adams MD, G. Witters MD, H. Vandeursen MD, PhD
Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy has become standard-of-care in most centres of excellence in the treatment of prostate cancer. Recent literature shows a reduced complication risk, reduced transfusion need, shorter hospitalisation and functional and oncological benefit in comparison with open radical prostatectomy. Long term follow-up data and large randomised clinical trails are currently lacking.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2017;11(1):4–6)
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