The management of stage T1 grade 3 transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-348

  Evans, C P ^a   Busby, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BCG; Cystectomy; Superficial bladder cancer; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; NEOPLASM STAGING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041910054     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04357.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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