In favour of bladder preservation using combined modality treatment
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Selective bladder preservation by combined modality protocol treatment: long-term outcomes of 190 patients with invasive bladder cancer.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Urological Association Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1920-1214
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.1157