Tata Memorial Breakthrough for Bladder Cancer:
Indian researchers from Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) have demonstrated that radiation therapy after bladder cancer surgery can drastically reduce the chances of cancer returning in the pelvic region. This marks the first high-level global evidence from an India-led trial and could revolutionize how high-risk bladder cancer patients are treated post-surgery.Conducted between 2016 and 2024, the Bladder Adjuvant Radiotherapy (BART) trial is the largest randomized trial in the world to study the effect of radiation after radical cystectomy (surgical removal of the bladder). Over 150 patients from multiple Indian cancer centres participated.
