BCG immunotherapy--from pathophysiology to clinical practice

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety
Moshe Tishler, Yehuda Shoenfeld

Abstract

Treatment with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine is mainly in use for superficial bladder cancer, for which it is given intravesically. Overall, this therapy is safe with only minor side effects. Arthritis secondary to such therapy has been rarely reported and usually responds well to NSAID treatment. The mechanisms leading to such a complication, as well as the clinical data, are discussed.

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