The US Food and Drug Administration approved Genentech's Tecentriq Hybreza on May 15, 2026, making it the first cancer immunotherapy whose use is guided by a circulating tumor DNA blood test after surgery. Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who test positive for residual cancer DNA in their blood after removal of the bladder receive the drug as an injection rather than a long intravenous infusion. In the IMvigor011 clinical trial, the approach reduced the risk of cancer recurrence or death by 36 percent and the risk of death alone by 41 percent.
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