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Disease Markers
Volume 2014, Article ID 973406, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/973406
Research Article

Stepwise Application of Urine Markers to Detect Tumor Recurrence in Patients Undergoing Surveillance for Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Tilman Todenhöfer,1,2 Jörg Hennenlotter,1 Michael Esser,1 Sarah Mohrhardt,1 Stefan Aufderklamm,1 Johannes Böttge,1 Steffen Rausch,1 Johannes Mischinger,1 Simone Bier,1 Georgios Gakis,1 Ursula Kuehs,1 Arnulf Stenzl,1 and Christian Schwentner1

1Department of Urology, Eberhard-Karls University, Hoppe-Seyler Strasse 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
2Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, 2660 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3Z6

Received 11 September 2014; Accepted 5 December 2014; Published 22 December 2014

Academic Editor: Marco E. M. Peluso

Copyright © 2014 Tilman Todenhöfer 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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