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Strategy for improving therapy of superficial bladder cancer

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  1. Division of Urology, The Washington University School of Medicine and The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, 216 South Kingshighway, 63110, St. Louis, MO

    T. L. Ratliff, M. A. Hudson & W. J. Catalona

  2. Baylor College of Medicine, 6624 Fannin, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

    T. L. Ratliff, M. A. Hudson & W. J. Catalona

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This work was supported by USPHS grants CA 37926 (T.L.R.) and CA 44426 (T.L.R.) from the National Cancer Institute through the Bladder Cancer Project

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Ratliff, T.L., Hudson, M.A. & Catalona, W.J. Strategy for improving therapy of superficial bladder cancer. World J Urol 9, 95–98 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00184040

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