PROPHYLACTIC INTRAVESICAL INSTILLATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH SUPERFICIAL BLADDER CANCER
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Intravesical therapy in superficial bladder cancer.
OBJECTIVE To identify the appropriate characteristics of superficial bladder cancer that allow the physician to predict tumor behavior. METHODS We analyzed 1,745 patients with primary superficial bladder cancer with regard to disease and patient characteristics. RESULTS With the characteristics we found, the population can be described and prognostic factors can be found. Moreover, with the...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Urology
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0021-5287,1884-7110
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.83.1314