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Should Patients With Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Discontinue Fibrin Clot Inhibitors During BCG?

Niyati LoboPatrick J HensleyKelly K BreeGraciela M Nogueras-GonzalezNeema NavaiColin P DinneyAshish M Kamat
Published in: BJU international (2021)
The use of fibrin clot inhibitors was not associated with adverse oncological outcomes in a large contemporary cohort of patients receiving adequate intravesical BCG for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Based on these results, fibrin clot inhibitors may be safely continued during BCG immunotherapy.
Keyphrases
  • muscle invasive bladder cancer
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  • rectal cancer
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  • weight loss
  • minimally invasive
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