BCG in the bladder to treat cancer

You’ve been diagnosed with bladder cancer. Your doctor is proposing BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin) injections to treat cancer cells in the bladder. This fact sheet describes how this treatment works and the precautions to be taken.

Treatments and surgical operations , Cancer, Oncology, Urology, Bladder cancer

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Thyroid Cancer

Treating a lymphoma or leukemia with radiotherapy

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