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Efficacy of Pembrolizumab as Second or Third-line Therapy for Local Advanced and Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

TOMOHIRO MATSUO, YASUYOSHI MIYATA, JUNKI HARADA, ITSUHO ITOH, TSUYOSHI MATSUDA, AKIHIRO ASAI, TSUBASA KONDO, HIROKI KURATA, SUZUNA SAKAI, HIDENORI ITOH, KENSUKE MITSUNARI and RYOICHI IMAMURA
Anticancer Research June 2025, 45 (6) 2563-2573; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17628
TOMOHIRO MATSUO
1Department of Urology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
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YASUYOSHI MIYATA
1Department of Urology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
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JUNKI HARADA
1Department of Urology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
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ITSUHO ITOH
2Department of Urology, Sasebo City General Medical Center, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan;
3Department of Urology, Nagasaki Harbor Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan;
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TSUYOSHI MATSUDA
1Department of Urology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
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AKIHIRO ASAI
4Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan;
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TSUBASA KONDO
5Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan;
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HIROKI KURATA
1Department of Urology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
6Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan;
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SUZUNA SAKAI
7Department of Urology, Japan Community Health Care Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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HIDENORI ITOH
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KENSUKE MITSUNARI
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RYOICHI IMAMURA
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vol. 45 no. 6 2563-2573
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17628
PMID 
40425336

Published By 
International Institute of Anticancer Research
Print ISSN 
0250-7005
Online ISSN 
1791-7530
History 
  • Received March 16, 2025
  • Revision received April 16, 2025
  • Accepted April 29, 2025
  • Published online May 27, 2025.

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Copyright © 2025 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.

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  1. TOMOHIRO MATSUO1⇑,
  2. YASUYOSHI MIYATA1,
  3. JUNKI HARADA1,
  4. ITSUHO ITOH2,3,
  5. TSUYOSHI MATSUDA1,
  6. AKIHIRO ASAI4,
  7. TSUBASA KONDO5,
  8. HIROKI KURATA1,6,
  9. SUZUNA SAKAI7,
  10. HIDENORI ITOH1,
  11. KENSUKE MITSUNARI1 and
  12. RYOICHI IMAMURA1
  1. 1Department of Urology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
  2. 2Department of Urology, Sasebo City General Medical Center, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan;
  3. 3Department of Urology, Nagasaki Harbor Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan;
  4. 4Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan;
  5. 5Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan;
  6. 6Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan;
  7. 7Department of Urology, Japan Community Health Care Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
  1. Tomohiro Matsuo, MD, PhD, Department of Urology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto-machi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan. Tel: +81 958197340, Fax: +81 958197343, e-mail: tomo1228{at}nagasaki-u.ac.jp
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