History of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin and Bladder Cancer: An Immunotherapy Success Story

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-56

  Herr, Harry W ^a   Morales, Alvaro ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BCG vaccine; history of medicine; mycobacterium bovis; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; THIOTEPA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MELANOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BCG VACCINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36749051886     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.08.122     Document Type: Article

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