New treatment eliminates bladder cancer in 82% of patients

My (non-AI) Summary:

- "TAR-200 is a miniature, pretzel-shaped drug-device duo containing a chemotherapy drug, gemcitabine, which is inserted into the bladder through a catheter. Once inside the bladder, the TAR-200 slowly and consistently releases the gemcitabine into the organ for three weeks per treatment cycle."

- Phase 2 Clinical Trial

- 85 patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

- "treated patients with TAR-200 every three weeks for six months, and then four times a year for the next two years"

- 70/85 patients—the cancer disappeared and still gone 1yr later in almost 50% patients

- FDA granted TAR-200 a New Drug Application Priority Review

- Johnson & Johnson manufactures TAR-200

“almost half the patients were cancer-free a year later.”

Turning it off and then on again works in a lot of surprising places

My father currently suffers from bladder cancer, he's currently in palliative care, he's in Ukraine. If there are any medical professionals here, could someone provide an advice - is there any chance to get him access to TAR-200?

I really wish this was available earlier, because I just lost a family member to bladder cancer yesterday morning. :(