Data suggest that chemotherapy is a sound treatment option for urothelial cancer across the disease spectrum. However, despite a twofold increase in survival in patients receiving chemotherapy, it does not seem to be offered to all patients.
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Raman, J. Optimizing and integrating cisplatin-based chemotherapy across the disease spectrum. Nat Rev Urol 15, 139–140 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2017.213
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