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. 1970 Sep 19;3(5724):684–685. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5724.684

Cancer of the Bladder in Patients Treated with Chlornaphazine

Benedicte Laursen
PMCID: PMC1701774  PMID: 5470116

Abstract

Two patients treated for Hodgkin's disease with chlornaphazine developed cancer of the bladder five and six years after treatment with the drug had been stopped.

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