Lawrenceville & Braselton · Bladder Cancer Drugs
Durvalumab / Imfinzi: what is it?
Our new Oakwood location on Mundy Mill Road is nearly ready. Until it opens, appointments are made at our Braselton Clinic, while procedures take place at our Lawrenceville Clinic & Surgery Center.
By Advanced Urology ·
What's the short answer?
Durvalumab is an immunotherapy given by IV.
It helps your immune system attack cancer cells.
It's used in certain bladder cancers, including with chemotherapy around bladder surgery for muscle-invasive disease.
Side effects can include fatigue and inflammation of organs, which your team monitors.
When should you see a urologist about this?
If you have bladder cancer, book a visit and we'll look at whether this treatment fits you.
What is a visit like from south Hall?
Oakwood and Flowery Branch readers are welcomed at the Old Winder Highway office in Braselton while the Mundy Mill Road clinic, Suite D&E, gets ready to open. Visits include a conversation, an exam and testing that helps answer your question.
How is this handled for south Hall patients?
Our urologists help Oakwood and Flowery Branch patients understand PSA trends, MRI findings and biopsy reports. When cancer is found, they explain active surveillance, robotic surgery, radiation, hormone therapy and newer medicines, and the visit moves at your pace.
How do Oakwood-area patients get ready?
South Hall patients can prepare by noting their symptoms, collecting PSA values or scan reports from other offices, and listing medicines. Our team can request outside records if you share where they are.
When should you phone our team?
Call (678) 344-8900 if your symptoms change, a scan or PSA result arrives, or you would like a second look at a plan. Tell our team you are in Oakwood or Flowery Branch.
What else should south Hall readers see?
What else do patients ask?
Do south Hall women get bladder care here?
Yes. Leaks, urgency and repeat infections are among the reasons south Hall women see our urologists and physician assistants.
What should I bring to a south Hall visit?
Photo ID, your insurance card, a medicine list and earlier results such as PSA tests or scans.
Will physician assistants see patients in Oakwood?
Yes. On Mundy Mill Road, physician assistants often run the first visit and plan care together with Dr. Hemant Chaparala.
Which videos can help?
Watch on YouTube: #021 - FDG PET / CT for Kidney, Bladder and Testicular CancersWhat the video covers: A podcast episode explaining the FDG PET/CT scan and how it is used to look for kidney, bladder and testicular cancers.
These open on Advanced Urology's YouTube channel.
Where can you go from here?
For the full bladder cancer overview, plus directions to our Crown Pointe Way and Old Winder Highway offices, start with these links.
- Bladder cancer: symptoms, evaluation and treatment
- Lawrenceville Clinic & Surgery Center, 501 Crown Pointe Way
- Braselton Clinic, 2695 Old Winder Hwy, Suite 150
- More articles: Bladder cancer
Matching video from Advanced Urology
Watch: #013 - Bladder Cancer Uncovered: Symptoms, Treatments, and Hope
What the video covers: A podcast episode on bladder cancer: the symptoms, the treatments, and reasons for hope.
How do I book a visit?
Our Braselton team welcomes south Hall patients for this, and our Oakwood Clinic on Mundy Mill Road is opening soon.
Book a visit with Advanced Urology for Oakwood and south Hall today. (678) 344-8900 Book online