High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer—Therapy Options During Intravesical BCG Shortage

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Veeratterapillay, Rajan ^a   Heer, Rakesh ^a   Johnson, Mark I ^a   Persad, Raj ^b   Bach, Christian ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacilli Calmette Guerin; Bladder cancer; Intravesical Therapy; Mitomycin C; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BCG VACCINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; MITOMYCIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMOTIVE INTRAVESICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVESICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NON MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; THERMOTHERAPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOLOGY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MITOMYCIN; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84981167217     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-016-0625-z     Document Type: Review

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