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Advanced bladder cancer management: history in the making

    Joseph Zouein

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: josephzouein98@gmail.com

    Hematology-Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon

    ,
    Myriam Boueri

    Gilbert & Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

    ,
    Hampig Raphael Kourie

    Hematology-Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon

    ,
    Joseph Kattan

    Hematology-Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon

    &
    Elie Nemr

    Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2023-0908
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