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Letters to the Editor: Clinical Oncology

The optimal neoadjuvant chemotherapy regime for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: still an open question?

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Pages 1515-1516 | Received 18 Aug 2022, Accepted 09 Nov 2022, Published online: 09 Dec 2022

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