Impact of perioperative chemotherapy on survival in patients with advanced primary urethral cancer: results of the international collaboration on primary urethral carcinoma
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Impact of perioperative chemotherapy on survival in patients with advanced primary urethral cancer: results of the international collaboration on primary urethral carcinoma G. Gakis1*, T. M. Morgan2, S. Daneshmand3, K. A. Keegan4, T. Todenhöfer1, J. Mischinger1, T. Schubert1, H. B. Zaid4, J. Hrbacek5, B. Ali-El-Dein6, R. H. Clayman7, S. Galland7, K. Olugbade2, M. Rink8, H.-M. Fritsche9, M. Burger9, S. S. Chang4, M. Babjuk5, G. N. Thalmann10, A. Stenzl1 & J. A. Efstathiou7 Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA; Institute of Urology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles; Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA; 2nd Medical School, Department of Urology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura Clinic, Mansoura, Egypt; Department of Radiooncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg; Department of Urology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Department of Urology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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