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ReviewCancers2026

Current Landscape and Evolving Role of Targeted Agents in Urothelial Carcinoma.

Enrico Sammarco, Antonio Pellino, Eleonora Bona, Azzurra Farnesi, Elisa Biasco, Chiara Caparello, Andrea Marini, Irene Stasi, Gianna Musettini, Cecilia Barbara and 4 more

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Review in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Enrico SammarcoDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1390-918X
Antonio PellinoDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Eleonora BonaDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Azzurra FarnesiDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Elisa BiascoDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Chiara CaparelloDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Andrea MariniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Irene StasiDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Gianna MusettiniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Cecilia BarbaraDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Ermelinda De MaioDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Luigi ColtelliDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5268-5107
Samanta CupiniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.
Giacomo AllegriniDepartment of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, 56121 Pisa, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urothelial carcinoma represents one of the deadliest urological tumors, due to its biological aggressiveness and the ephemeral response to platinum-based chemotherapy of advanced-stage disease. The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors has positively impacted the prognosis of these patients, although only a proportion of them achieve long lasting disease control. As with other solid tumors, in the last decade, there has been a growing interest in the molecular characterization of urothelial carcinoma in order to identify new therapeutic targets and improve survival in these patients. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize the main evidence available in the literature concerning the role of targeted therapies in urothelial carcinoma, especially focusing on related molecular targets, published data on clinical efficacy, and on future perspectives. Specifically, the effort of this review aims to strengthen the clinical impact of well-known molecular patterns and relative target treatments (such as FGFR inhibitors and Nectin-4-directed antibody-drug conjugates) and to examine the role and preliminary data of drugs targeting biomarkers that are not yet commonly used in clinical practice (such as HER2).

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biomarkersFGFRHER2Nectin-4targeted treatmentsurothelial carcinoma (UC)

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PMID41681881
PMCPMC12896739

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