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Jan 2022
16m 12s

40 - Infectious Cancer Therapy

THE CURIOUS CLINICIANS
About this episode

The Curious Clinicians examine why we use a bacterial vaccine (BCG, an attenuated form of mycobacterium bovis) to treat an unrelated malignancy (bladder cancer).

Check out the show notes here.

Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours).

Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.

 

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