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Original Article

Combined Systemic Chemotherapy and Irradiation of Muscle-Invasive Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder

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Pages 195-200 | Received 07 Sep 1993, Accepted 06 Dec 1993, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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