Spatial Map of Bladder Cancer Reveals Hidden Tumor Environments and New Paths Toward Precision Therapy

Spatial Map of Bladder Cancer Reveals Hidden Tumor Environments and New Paths Toward Precision Therapy
Newswise image* Spatial profiling of muscle-invasive bladder cancer reveals how different tumor cell states are organized within individual tumors * Bladder tumors are not simply "luminal" (more differentiated) or "basal" (less differentiated) but often contain both cell states arranged in distinct spatial patterns * Luminal tumor cores and basal-like invasive regions respond differently to treatments * Findings provide a framework that may inform precision therapy strategies tailored to the spatial tumor cell landscape of bladder cancer