Improving the pathway to correct treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer: exploring the myths around the BladderPath trial

Affiliations

¹ Bladder Cancer Research Centre, Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁵ Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
⁶ The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Richard T Bryan et al. BJU Int. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;136(1):34-37.

doi: 10.1111/bju.16728. Epub 2025 Apr 14.

¹ Bladder Cancer Research Centre, Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁵ Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
⁶ The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: BladderPath; delays; muscle‐invasive bladder cancer; pathway; treatment.

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