Herr H W
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 1992 Feb;6(1):117-27.
Intravesical therapy is given as an adjunct to transurethral resection of superficial bladder tumors to eradicate existing disease, inhibit tumor recurrence, and prevent progression to muscle invasion or metastasis. Of the available agents, bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) fulfills these goals and appears superior to chemotherapeutic drugs.