Bladder cancer
INACTIVE --- New hope for patients progressing after first-line treatment for mUCaLuke (76 years old)
Luke, 76 years old, lives alone in a castle with 20 cats. Sometimes he gets lost at home, but his cats always help him find his way back.
He has a history of chronic kidney disease associated with hypertension. 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: 2
- No peripheral neuropathy
- No hearing impairment
- GFR: 35 ml/min
- Haemoglobin: 9.8 g/dl
- CT scan reveals worsening lung and new liver metastases
- FGFR2/3 mutation status in diagnostic biopsy specimen: activating FGFR3 mutation