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Water as a tumoricidal agent in bladder cancer. In vitro studies in parental and resistant cell lines.
European urology - 1 Dec 1998
Solomon L Z, Birch B R, Cooper A J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Water is widely used as a tumoricidal agent during transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT). Despite this, recurrences are common. One possible explanation may be that while the parental bladder cancer cells are sensitive to water, their multidrug resistant (MDR) clones which occur commonly, may be resistant to it. If so, is this a preserve of the MDR phenotype or do other mechanisms confer...
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