Neoadjuvant combined microwave induced local hyperthermia and topical chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for superficial bladder cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1227-1232

  Colombo, Renzo ^b   Da Pozzo, Luigi F ^b   Lev, Avigdor ^b   Freschi, Massimo ^b   Gallus, Giuseppe ^b   Rigatti, Patrizio ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bladder neoplasms; carcinoma, transitional cell; hyperthermia, induced

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DOXORUBICIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTRAVESICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 0029939907     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66225-6     Document Type: Article

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