General Discussion

I have had bladder cancer for about 10 years now, the TB infusion is the first one, it is basically very easy and the main side effect is some tiredness, for me it was very minor.. I have had 3 different chemo infusions, just finished the thrid one a week ago.

They have a new device that they insert and it remains using the same as the TB infusion only quite a bit less it is a slow release system that remains in the bladder .

The "pretzel" (TAR-200) is a, flexible, pretzel-shaped device designed for slow, sustained release of the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine directly into the bladder to treat high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). It offers a higher, more consistent drug concentration for weeks rather than hours, showing an 82-83.5% complete response rate in trials for BCG-unresponsive patients.