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|Articles|October 3, 2018
Tackling Genitourinary Cancer Topics in Chicago
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We visited Chicago, Illinois for a State of the Science Summit on Renal Cell Carcinoma and Bladder Cancer. The meeting covered the genomics of bladder cancer, novel approaches to non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, side effect management from immunotherapy, as well as the integration of immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy in genitourinary cancers.
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We visited Chicago, Illinois for a State of the Science Summit on Renal Cell Carcinoma and Bladder Cancer. The meeting covered the genomics of bladder cancer, novel approaches to non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, side effect management from immunotherapy, as well as the integration of immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy in genitourinary cancers.
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