Pembrolizumab use in bladder cancer: a tale of two trials

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Jeanny B Aragon-Ching. Nat Rev Urol. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;18(10):577-578.

doi: 10.1038/s41585-021-00499-5.

¹ GU Medical Oncology, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA, USA. Jeanny.Aragon-Ching@inova.org.

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