Pre-therapeutic lymphocytopenia: a new prognostic factor for failure of endovesical BCG-immunotherapy in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

Abstract Background Inflammation plays a key role in the initiation and development of cancers. The prognostic value of inflammation biomarkers is proven in several urological and non-urological cancers. Knowing that the mechanism of action of endovesical BCG-immunotherapy in the treatment of non-mu...

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Main Authors: Idriss Ziani, Ahmed Ibrahimi, Omar Bellouki, Hachem Elsayegh, Redouane Abouqal, Yassine Nouini, Amal Bouziane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-03-01
Series:African Journal of Urology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12301-023-00348-4