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Open Access 18-03-2024 | Urothelial Cancer | short review

Treatment-changing news in urogenital cancer—a brief unstructured narrative review based on findings presented at the ESMO 2023 conference

Authors: Alexander Jakob Zgubic, Marianne Leitsmann, Sascha Ahyai, Martin Pichler

Published in: memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology

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Summary

This article gives an overview through the most promising and practise changing studies presented for urothelial cancer at ESMO 2023 conference.
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Metadata
Title
Treatment-changing news in urogenital cancer—a brief unstructured narrative review based on findings presented at the ESMO 2023 conference
Authors
Alexander Jakob Zgubic
Marianne Leitsmann
Sascha Ahyai
Martin Pichler
Publication date
18-03-2024
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology
Print ISSN: 1865-5041
Electronic ISSN: 1865-5076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12254-024-00964-y
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