Bladder cancer
INACTIVE --- New hope for patients progressing after first-line treatment for mUCaJames (76 years old)
76-year-old James loves fishing. Every Sunday morning, he goes fishing and if he is lucky, he catches a fish which he then fries at noon. A self-caught fish tastes so much better than a fish bought at the market.
He had initially presented with UCa of the bladder with metastases in the lungs, and he was treated with gemcitabine + carboplatin. It is now 5 months after finishing chemotherapy.
Assessment summary:
- ECOG PS: 0
- No peripheral neuropathy
- No hearing impairment
- Glomerular filtration rate (GFR): 35 ml/min
- Haemoglobin: 11.8 g/dl
- CT scan reveals worsening lung and new liver metastases
- FGFR2/3 mutation status in diagnostic biopsy specimen: activating FGFR3 mutation