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"Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre has published online a nomogram for estimating the risk of bladder recurrence 5 years post-surgery (concordance index 0.75) 4."

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"Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the urinary bladder is rare; nevertheless, SCC is the most common type of non-urothelial carcinoma involving the bladder 2. Most bladder cancers are urothelial carcinomas. SCC is much more common where Schistosomiasis infections are more prevalent."

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"Squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder represents only ~3-8% 1,2 of all bladder cancers (90% are urothelial carcinomas), but nevertheless, SCC is the most common type of non-urothelial carcinoma involving the bladder 2. SCC of the bladder is observed more frequently in Egypt, where Schistosomiasis infections are more frequent than, for example, the UK and the US."

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"antecedent infection with Schistosomiasis"

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"Squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder represents only ~3-8% 1,2 of all bladder cancers (90% are urothelial carcinomas), but nevertheless, SCC is the most common type of non-urothelial carcinoma involving the bladder 2. SCC of the bladder is observed more frequently in Egypt, where Schistosomiasis infections are more frequent than, for example, the UK and the US."

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"Squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder represents only ~3-8% 1,2 of all bladder cancers (90% are urothelial carcinomas), but nevertheless, SCC is the most common type of non-urothelial carcinoma involving the bladder 2. SCC of the bladder is observed more frequently in Egypt, where Schistosomiasis infections are more frequent than, for example, the UK and the US."

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"Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the urinary bladder is rare; nevertheless, SCC is the most common type of non-urothelial carcinoma involving the bladder 2. Most bladder cancers are urothelial carcinomas. SCC is much more common where Schistosomiasis infections are more prevalent."

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