Systemic management of bladder cancer in Egypt: revisited.

نویسنده

  • Hussein M Khaled
چکیده

Bladder cancer is still the most frequent malignant tumor among Egyptian males. It has a peculiar biologic, clinico-pathologic features and responsiveness to chemotherapy profile than that observed in Western countries. The current review aims to demonstrate the present state-of- art in using systemic therapy as part of the management options available to treat such patients at different stages of their disease. Individualizing therapy for these patients based on more rationale basis is the challenge that oncologists must face in the near future.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

دوره 17 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005