Patient Input Can Change Care for Advanced Bladder Cancer

Understanding that patient input is vital to improving care for advanced bladder cancer, one Hartford HealthCare doctor is launching research into how better to collect feedback, track disease progression and recommend alternative treatment if needed.

Anoop Meraney, MD, a urologic oncologist with the Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute and the Cancer Institute at Hartford Hospital, will use a $150,000 grant from Pfizer and EMDO Serono, part of Merck. Both are pharmaceutical corporations, while the research is being overseen by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Oncology Research Program.

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