Immunotherapy With Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in a 16-Year-Old With Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma

Urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) is an exceptionally rare condition in adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age. Typically, adolescents and pediatric patients with UBC are more likely to have a favorable histological report. The aim of the paper is to report our experience in the management of a 16...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Martinez-Thomas, Jose M, Galicia-Belaunzaran, Luis F, Merayo-Chalico, Claudio E, Palatchi, Joseph, Angulo-Lozano, Juan Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9191261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35719797
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24994
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Sumario:Urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) is an exceptionally rare condition in adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age. Typically, adolescents and pediatric patients with UBC are more likely to have a favorable histological report. The aim of the paper is to report our experience in the management of a 16-year-old patient with UBC with no risk factors that came to the office because of a history of painless gross hematuria.

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