Treatment Algorithm for Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC)

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Sia Daneshmand, MD, and Karine Tawagi, MD, join Rahul Gosain, MD, and Rohit Gosain, MD, to discuss the treatment algorithm for non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

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