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Advances in Urology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 181987, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/181987
Review Article

Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy: BCG and Beyond

Eric J. Askeland, Mark R. Newton, Michael A. O’Donnell, and Yi Luo

Department of Urology, University of Iowa, 375 Newton Road, 3204 MERF, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA

Received 16 March 2012; Accepted 11 May 2012

Academic Editor: Trinity J. Bivalacqua

Copyright © 2012 Eric J. Askeland et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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