The aim of this study was to assess the influence of tobacco exposure, at the time of diagnosis, on the disease-related outcomes of patients with tobacco-associated superficial transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. ## METHODS. A retrospective cohort study was performed using the MSKCC
Patients with superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and their smoking status
β Scribed by Joseph A. Smith Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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