Increased risk of bladder cancer recurrence due to bacillus Calmette-Guérin shortage in Brazil
Claudio Bovolenta Murta,
Kayann Kaled Reda El Hayek,
Bruno Cesar Dias
et al.
Abstract:OBJECTIVE: Our study aimed to evaluate the impact of bacillus Calmette-Guérin shortage on recurrence and progression in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer in a Brazilian cohort. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the clinicopathological data of 409 patients who had their first transurethral resection of the bladder tumor for intermediate or high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer between June 2014 and May 2021 in a tertiary public hospital in Brazil. Patients included had non-muscle-invasiv… Show more
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