Vignesh Packiam, MD
@VigneshPackiam
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Associate Prof @RutgersCancer @rwjurology | Previously at @UIowa_Urology | Alum @MayoClinic @Uro_Onc, @UChicagoUro, @PittMedAlum, @UWBadgers| Views my own
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Joined November 2013
How are treatment decisions evolving for high-risk NMIBC in the era of BCG shortage and expanding options? Dr. Sima Porten and Dr. Patrick Hensley join Dr. Vignesh Packiam to discuss counseling newly diagnosed patients amid the ongoing BCG shortage and the rise of alternate
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Grateful to have @DrMBWesterman on our @UNCUroOnc team, leading work locally and nationally in multiple dimensions (here as co-Chair of spectacular @UroOnc #SUO25 winter meeting) 🤩🙏🚀🚀🚀
Proud of my friend and former cofellow @DrMBWesterman for being great surgeon, scientist, leader and all around badass
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Trial updates in intermediate risk #NMIBC. Presentation by @VigneshPackiam @RutgersCancer. #SUO25 written coverage by @zklaassen_md @GACancerCenter > https://t.co/hQCxAPnPp6
@UroOnc #SUO2025
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Thank you @spsutkaMD @KSMurrayUro @VigneshPackiam for discussing the 2025 @EurUrolOpen validation study on Decipher Bladder during Episode 271 of @_backtableUro cc @Uroweb @AmerUrological @urotoday @IBCN1997 @Veracyte @Davicioni
https://t.co/YsvIo6J4od
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New therapies and biomarkers are opening up paths for patients with recurrent NMIBC. @MarkTysonMD @spsutkaMD and @VigneshPackiam break down how evolving options are reshaping care #URO275 @ferring
https://t.co/sn3Lor3BXm
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Amazing evening showcasing our world-class #bladdercancer program @RutgersCancer Improving the care, longevity & QOL for our patients through bench-to-bedside research Grateful to our patients & supporters! @saumyg @VigneshPackiam @IBCG_BladderCA @BladderCancerUS @NYSAUA @UroOnc
#FlashbackFriday to Hope in Action: An Evening of Cancer Research Insights at @RutgersCancer! Thank you to everyone who helped make this event so special! We are proud to showcase our commitment to moving scientific discovery into clinical practice through groundbreaking
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Exciting times for NMIBC patients. Big improvements coming for doublet therapy administration. Will allow for ⬆️ adoption of these protocols at other facilities by ⬇️ in room time. @VigneshPackiam @HougenHY @AmandaMyersMD @TheBigLoeb @uroHenning
Dr. Michael A. O’Donnell is collaborating with biomedical engineers on a device that will greatly reduce the time patients spend in clinic when receiving gem/doce or other sequential intravesical therapies for NMIBC. Learn more: https://t.co/jQg3YxpGEU
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Could biomarkers and AI help move bladder cancer care beyond routine cystoscopy? In part five of our NMIBC Creator Weekend™ series, @spsutkaMD @KSMurrayUro and @VigneshPackiam discuss the future of genomics and decision-making in NMIBC @ferring #URO271
https://t.co/rJSXMjhqpm
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Great pod @VigneshPackiam thank you
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Podcast Episode · BackTable Urology · 07/11/2025 · 59m
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Awesome work by @IanMcelree, @HougenHY @VigneshPackiam & the Iowa UCC squad looking at multiple lines of salvage therapy for NMIBC. Low rate of progression. Many can be salvaged! Need better biomarkers to figure out who gets continued salvage vs Cx.
New in @BJUIjournal from @ryansteinbergmd, @HougenHY, and Dr. Michael A. O’Donnell: Long-term outcomes of a cascading salvage strategy for high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. https://t.co/98wqTyveQa
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Very excited to share this project >2 years in the making! Drug-releasing intravesical floating technology (DRIFT) allowing for synchronous delivery yet sequential exposure Could help existing and novel combination regimens! @BladderCancerUS @SUO_YUO @IBCG_BladderCA
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The DRIFT enables controlled sequential delivery of Gem/Doce, reliably maintaining docetaxel containment for up to 120 min during gemcitabine pre-treatment. Future in vivo validation will establish...
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Almost every case we find something occult on blue light that is subtle or missed on white Hard to believe that would not have a positive impact on outcomes (especially with NMIBC outcomes broadly improving in trials/centers of excellence) @RutgersCancer @saumyg
We recently got a brand spanking🔎🔎 new @PhotocureASA Blue 💙 light system @CleClinicUro and I am slowly convincing 1 resident at a time the incredible value in #bladdercancer starting w/ @eiftu
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1/4 IMVIGOR011 shows ctDNA is a useful predictive and prognostic tool post cystectomy in muscle invasive bladder cancer #ESMO25 . ctDNA positive patients had DFS and OS benifits with atezolizumab. ctDNA negative patients are at a low risk of relapse/cancer death. @OncoAlert
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How do you tailor NMIBC care to the individual, not just the disease? In Episode 2 of our NMIBC Creator Weekend™ series, @SimaPorten @pjhensley11 and @VigneshPackiam discuss patient-centered approaches in bladder cancer care @Ferring #URO266
https://t.co/yZpMJCneJR
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Incredible accomplishment to complete these studies!!! IMO not worth it for almost all patients to be subject to high grade IO toxicity risk for a 5% 2-year benefit (primarily with recurrence not progression)
ALBAN, POTOMAC & CREST #ESMO25 (atezolizumab/sasalimab/in MIBC) @Annals_Oncology show a lot variability. It no easy to conclude exactly which NMIBC patients benefit from ICI therapy. There is over treatment and it’s not without toxicity @JoshMeeks
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🔥@UrolOncol: November issue! Comparative outcomes of radical nephroureterectomy and kidney-sparing surgery in the treatment of high-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma Click here to read the #OpenAccess article ▶️ https://t.co/2JSrirqWVR
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Great 🧵 on an important paper and topic. Now that there are multiple options for BGC-U NMIBC, need to find a way to sequence them. Cost will be an important piece of that. Lucky to have @AmandaMyersMD at @UIowa_urology continuing this great work!
⚡️ Cost-effectiveness of treatments for BCG-unresponsive CIS - analysis from our multicenter IBCG team. Five strategies modeled: 🔹Radical cystectomy (RC) 🔹Pembrolizumab 🔹Nadofaragene firadenovec 🔹Nogapendekin (NAI-BCG) 🔹Gemcitabine + Docetaxel ➡️Comprehensive
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Season 3 of BackTable Tumor Board is LIVE! Our 8-episode deep dive into the complete management of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. This season is your guide to the latest strategies, from diagnosis to advanced therapeutics. Across the season we cover the entire spectrum of
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Check out this 8-episode deep dive into the complete management of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. This season is your guide to the latest strategies, fr...
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