Bacillus Calmette-Guérin treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Sylvester, Richard J ^a  

^a EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus Calmette Gu rin; Intravesical treatment; Non muscle invasive bladder cancer; Prognostic factors; Side effects

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; TUBERCULIN;

BCG VACCINATION; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GOLD STANDARD; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLUENZA; MALAISE; NON MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATITIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; BCG VACCINE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79251570870     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02678.x     Document Type: Review

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