What are some examples of chemoprevention therapy options in clinical trials for preventing bladder cancer recurrence?

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AshishKamatMD (Physician (Verified) ) - 06 / 08 / 2012

While many trials have been performed in the arena of chemoprevention, none have been successful per se so that we cannot recommend chemoprevention as a valid strategy at this time for bladder cancer. Stopping smoking remains the best prevention.
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