Intravesical chemotherapy and immunotherapy: how do we assess their effectiveness and what are their limitations and uses?

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Published in Int J Urol on June 01, 1995

Authors

D L Lamm1, A P van der Meijden, H Akaza, C Brendler, P O Hedlund, Y Mizutani, T L Ratliff, M R Robinson, T Shinka

Author Affiliations

1: West Virginia University Health Science Center, Department of Urology, Morgantown 26506, USA.

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