Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based Biomarkers

This review aims to provide a practical update regarding the current role of tissue-based biomarkers in bladder cancer. Their prognostic and predictive role both in non-muscle-invasive (NMIBC) and in muscle-invasive disease (MIBC) has been reviewed with particular focus to their use in clinical prac...

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Main Author: Francesco Soria, Marta Sanchez-Carbayo, Natalya Benderska-Söder , Bernd J Schmidz-Dräger, Stefania Zamboni, Marco Moschini, Anirban P Mitra, Yair Lotan
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Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal
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Online Access:https://siuj.org/index.php/siuj/article/view/41/21
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author Francesco Soria, Marta Sanchez-Carbayo, Natalya Benderska-Söder , Bernd J Schmidz-Dräger, Stefania Zamboni, Marco Moschini, Anirban P Mitra, Yair Lotan
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description This review aims to provide a practical update regarding the current role of tissue-based biomarkers in bladder cancer. Their prognostic and predictive role both in non-muscle-invasive (NMIBC) and in muscle-invasive disease (MIBC) has been reviewed with particular focus to their use in clinical practice. In summary, the literature on the prediction of disease recurrence in NMIBC is inconclusive, and there is little information on prediction of response to intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Concerning disease progression, external prospective validation studies suggest that FGFR3 mutation status and gene signatures may improve models that are based only on clinicopathologic information. In MIBC, tissue-based biomarkers are increasingly important, since they may predict the response to systemic chemotherapy and immunotherapy. In particular, the advent of molecular characterization promises to revolutionize the paradigm of decision-making in the treatment of MIBC. Molecular subtyping has been shown to improve the prediction of pathological stage at RC and to predict the response to systemic chemotherapy and immunotherapy. However, external and prospective validations are warranted to confirm these preliminary findings. Several different tissue-based biomarkers such as PD-1/PD-L1 expression, tumor mutational burden, and the analysis of tumor microenvironment, may in future play a role in selecting patients for systemic immunotherapy. However, to date, no pretreatment recommendations can be definitively made on the basis of any molecular predictors.In conclusion, despite the potential of tissue-based biomarkers, their use in bladder cancer should be limited to experimental settings.
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spelling doaj-art-5969d4ffdf5d4429b88cdd093162f89a2025-08-20T01:57:04ZengMDPI AGSociété Internationale d’Urologie Journal2563-64992021-01-0121537110.48083/TLFB8641Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based BiomarkersFrancesco Soria, Marta Sanchez-Carbayo, Natalya Benderska-Söder , Bernd J Schmidz-Dräger, Stefania Zamboni, Marco Moschini, Anirban P Mitra, Yair LotanThis review aims to provide a practical update regarding the current role of tissue-based biomarkers in bladder cancer. Their prognostic and predictive role both in non-muscle-invasive (NMIBC) and in muscle-invasive disease (MIBC) has been reviewed with particular focus to their use in clinical practice. In summary, the literature on the prediction of disease recurrence in NMIBC is inconclusive, and there is little information on prediction of response to intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Concerning disease progression, external prospective validation studies suggest that FGFR3 mutation status and gene signatures may improve models that are based only on clinicopathologic information. In MIBC, tissue-based biomarkers are increasingly important, since they may predict the response to systemic chemotherapy and immunotherapy. In particular, the advent of molecular characterization promises to revolutionize the paradigm of decision-making in the treatment of MIBC. Molecular subtyping has been shown to improve the prediction of pathological stage at RC and to predict the response to systemic chemotherapy and immunotherapy. However, external and prospective validations are warranted to confirm these preliminary findings. Several different tissue-based biomarkers such as PD-1/PD-L1 expression, tumor mutational burden, and the analysis of tumor microenvironment, may in future play a role in selecting patients for systemic immunotherapy. However, to date, no pretreatment recommendations can be definitively made on the basis of any molecular predictors.In conclusion, despite the potential of tissue-based biomarkers, their use in bladder cancer should be limited to experimental settings.https://siuj.org/index.php/siuj/article/view/41/21bladder cancertissue-based biomarkersprognosispredictionimmunotherapy
spellingShingle Francesco Soria, Marta Sanchez-Carbayo, Natalya Benderska-Söder , Bernd J Schmidz-Dräger, Stefania Zamboni, Marco Moschini, Anirban P Mitra, Yair Lotan
Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based Biomarkers
Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal
bladder cancer
tissue-based biomarkers
prognosis
prediction
immunotherapy
title Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based Biomarkers
title_full Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based Biomarkers
title_fullStr Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based Biomarkers
title_full_unstemmed Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based Biomarkers
title_short Bladder Cancer Tissue-Based Biomarkers
title_sort bladder cancer tissue based biomarkers
topic bladder cancer
tissue-based biomarkers
prognosis
prediction
immunotherapy
url https://siuj.org/index.php/siuj/article/view/41/21
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