Impact of maintenance therapy using a half dose of the bacillus Calmette–Guérin Tokyo strain on recurrence of intermediate and high-risk nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer: a retrospective single-center study

Impact of maintenance therapy using a half dose of the bacillus Calmette–Guérin Tokyo strain on recurrence of intermediate and high-risk nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer: a retrospective single-center study

Abstract Background Data are scarce regarding intravesical maintenance therapy (MT) with the low-dose bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) Tokyo strain. We investigated the efficacy and safety of MT with a half dose of the Tokyo strain for patients following transurethral resection of nonmuscle invasive b...

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Main Authors: Dai Koguchi, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Takahiro Hirayama, Shigetaka Moroo, Momoko Kobayashi, Hiroki Katsumata, Masaomi Ikeda, Masatsugu Iwamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Urology
Subjects:
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin
Bladder cancer
Maintenance therapy
Tokyo strain
Nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-020-00766-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-020-00766-4

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