
Guru Sonpavde MD
Bladder Cancer Director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MassachusettsDr. Guru Sonpavde, MD, is the Bladder Cancer Director at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He completed his fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at Indiana University. At Dana-Farber, he leads multiple cutting-edge clinical trials studying novel immunotherapy and targeted drugs to treat urological cancers, particularly bladder cancer. He is the national or international principal investigator on multiple clinical trials for bladder cancer. He has also led translational projects and developed prognostic classifications and clinical endpoints focused on bladder cancer. He is a member of Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and the Bladder Cancer Task Force of the National Cancer Institute Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Tislelizumab Combined With Nab-Paclitaxel for High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma
- Cell-Free DNA Methylation as a Biomarker in Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
- Maintenance Cabozantinib Following Chemotherapy for Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
- ASCO 2022: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Guru Sonpavde for Bladder Cancer
- CRP Flare Predicts Response to Anti–PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
- Fixed-Dose Durvalumab for Previously Treated Patients With Urinary Tract Carcinoma
- Durvalumab Plus Olaparib for Platinum-Ineligible Patients With Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
- Pembrolizumab Plus Lenvatinib for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
- CV301 Vaccine Plus Atezolizumab for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
- Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Plus Atezolizumab in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer