{"id":17233,"date":"2026-05-18T05:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/laura-bukavina-targeting-tumor-biology-and-ev-resistance-in-urothelial-cancer-treatment-oncodaily\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T05:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:16:23","slug":"laura-bukavina-targeting-tumor-biology-and-ev-resistance-in-urothelial-cancer-treatment-oncodaily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/laura-bukavina-targeting-tumor-biology-and-ev-resistance-in-urothelial-cancer-treatment-oncodaily\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Bukavina: Targeting Tumor Biology and EV Resistance in Urothelial Cancer Treatment &#8211; Oncodaily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Laura Bukavina<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Urologic Oncology at Case Western Reserve University, shared <strong>Alan Tan&#8217;s<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, VP of MRD Research and Clinical Strategy at Tempus AI, post on X, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraBukavinaMD\/status\/2055671734867558600?s=20\">adding<\/a>:<br \/>&#8220;Couldn\u2019t agree more.<br \/>Targeting biology rather than escalating <strong>EVP<\/strong> doses is the next frontier but <em>systemic toxicity vs surgical consolidation<\/em> is debatable and patient onc and <strong>QOL<\/strong> outcomes are what counts.<br \/>A Curative cystectomy is still a win.&#8221;<br \/>Quoting <strong>Alan Tan&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alantanmd\/status\/2055667471294537945?s=20\">post<\/a>:<br \/>&#8220;Yes it would be a logistical nightmare to do a mega study like this, <strong>Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Stephanie Berg, Andrea Apolo, <\/strong>maybe this is a future roadmap for how we get there one question at a time.<br \/>Targeting biology will likely be more important than increasing the cumulative doses of <strong>EV<\/strong>. Is there loss of <strong>NECTIN-4<\/strong>, would a switch from <strong>MMAE<\/strong> to <strong>TOPO-1<\/strong> finish the job?<br \/><strong>Bishoy M. Faltas\u00a0<\/strong>also shared amazing work from his lab on resistance mechanisms.&#8221;<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-504104\" src=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/pub\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIcx4nTXgAAfsKg-800x368.webp\" alt=\"Laura Bukavina\" width=\"800\" height=\"368\" title=\"Laura Bukavina: Targeting Tumor Biology and EV Resistance in Urothelial Cancer Treatment 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/pub\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIcx4nTXgAAfsKg-800x368.webp 800w, https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/pub\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIcx4nTXgAAfsKg-1280x589.webp 1280w, https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/pub\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIcx4nTXgAAfsKg-320x147.webp 320w, https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/pub\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIcx4nTXgAAfsKg.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>Other articles featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/tag\/laura-bukavina\">Laura Bukavina<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/tag\/alan-tan\">Alan Tan<\/a> on OncoDaily.<\/em><br \/>OncoDaily\u2122 | \u00a9 2023 &#8211; 2025<br \/> All rights reserved. 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