BCG: From Tuberculosis to Bladder Cancer

BCG is used primarily as a tuberculosis vaccine but has a secondary use for treating early-stage bladder cancer. This treatment is fascinating and an amazing example of alternative uses for certain medications. Today we will learn about what it is and some of the complexity involving its function. Buckle up because things will get a little detailed but I promise it's worth the watch. I hope you enjoy and learn something new!

Here are the papers/articles I mentioned:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-020-00278-0

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladder-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/staging.html