This webinar has been supported and funded by A. Menarini Diagnostics. All opinions expressed are those of the speakers involved and not necessarily representative of the views of Menarini or EMJ.
Disclosures: Both speakers received honoraria for their participation in this webinar.
Witjes is an advisor/lecturer for BMS, Medac, Thermosome, CAPS, Combat, JeMedis, Photocure, Astellas, MEL, Sanofi Pasteur Canada, Nucleix Israel, and Spectrum Pharma; and has received financial support from Ipsen.
Guerrero Ramos is an employee of SERMAS (Servicio Madrileño de Salud); has received research support as a principal investigator from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Taris, Bristol Myers Squibb, Roche, Seagen, AstraZeneca, Combat Medical, Cepheid, Fidia, Astellas, UroGen, MSD, and enGene; served as a consultant for Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Roche, Taris, Combat Medical, AstraZeneca, MSD, Bristol Myers Squibb, enGene, and Nanobots Therapeutics; served on scientific advisory boards for AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Combat Medical, Johnson & Johnson, Nucleix, Pfizer, Taris, Roche, MSD, and enGene; received manuscript support from Pfizer, Janssen, Combat Medical, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and Bristol Myers Squibb; participated in speaker bureaus for Janssen, Nucleix, MSD, Pfizer, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Palex, Combat Medical, Johnson & Johnson, and Recordati; and received travel support from Pfizer, Recordati, Ipsen, Combat Medical, Alter, Salvat, Nucleix, AstraZeneca, Fidia, and Johnson & Johnson; and holds stock in CG Oncology, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer.
Join Fred Witjes and Félix Guerrero Ramos as they discuss urinary biomarkers for the detection and monitoring of urothelial carcinoma, including non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and upper tract urothelial carcinoma.
Timestamps:
00:12 – Introduction from Guerrero Ramos
00:54 – Introduction from Witjes
01:19 – Why urinary biomarkers?
02:46 – Burden of cystoscopies
03:59 – Key features of urine biomarkers
06:38 – Urine biomarkers: clinical workflow
08:27 – Risk groups for urinary biomarkers
09:45 – Follow-up scheme with urinary biomarkers
12:09 – Patient case study
14:00 – Positive test result vs negative standard of care
18:19 – Communicating with patients
20:39 – Future outlook
Speakers
Fred Witjes1
Félix Guerrero Ramos2,3
1. Faculty of Medical Sciences (Radboudumc), Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
2. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
3. Uro-Oncology Unit, ROC Clinic, Madrid, Spain




