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Monika Joshi, MD, on Urothelial Cancer of the Bladder: Durvalumab and Radiotherapy for Localized Disease

2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

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Monika Joshi, MD, of Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, discusses phase II results from the DUART study, which explored the efficacy of concurrent durvalumab, a checkpoint inhibitor, and radiation therapy followed by adjuvant durvalumab in patients with localized urothelial cancer of the bladder (Abstract 398).



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