Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC)

When standard therapy fails, it does not have to be the end of the road for high-risk bladder cancer patients. Modern treatments, biomarkers, and clinical studies have opened up new avenues for treating recurrent non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The penultimate episode of the 2025 NMIBC Creator Weekend™ series features urologic oncologists Dr. Vignesh Packiam, Dr. Mark Tyson, and Dr. Sarah Psutka discussing how they navigate complex bladder cancer scenarios.

With so many treatment modalities for upper tract urothelial carcinoma, how does new evidence inform optimal care? In this episode of BackTable Tumor Board, urologic oncologist Dr. Nirmish Singla (Johns Hopkins), medical oncologist Dr. Jeannie Hoffman-Censits (Johns Hopkins), and urologic oncologist Dr. Bogdana Schmidt discuss treatment and diagnosis of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).

Do you need a recap of the latest urologic oncology research presented at GU ASCO 2025? This episode of BackTable Urology features a multidisciplinary discussion among three leading voices in urology and medical oncology – Drs. Bogdana Schmidt, Shilpa Gupta, and Ben Maughan – covering the most notable results presented at this year’s meeting.

In this episode of BackTable Urology, Dr. Silva interviews Dr. Katie Murray, a urologic oncologist from the University of Missouri, about management of high and low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer.

We talk with Dr. Shahrokh Shariat, chairman of Urology at the Medical University of Vienna, about diagnosis and management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) as well as differing AUA and EAU approaches to these malignancies.