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A Systematic Review of NMIBC and Intravesical Chemotherapy—Results

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A systematic review relating to NMIBC and intravesical chemotherapy was conducted. This was to identify oncoloigcal outcomes from intravesical chemotherapy. The search strategy aimed to identify all references related to NMIBC AND Intravesical Chemotherapy. This chapter deals with systematic review results.

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Goonewardene, S.S., Persad, R., Motiwala, H., Albala, D. (2020). A Systematic Review of NMIBC and Intravesical Chemotherapy—Results. In: Management of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28646-0_35

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