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Sex differences resulted differential morbidity and mortality in bladder cancer: smoke, hormone or urobiome?

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  1. Department and Institute of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No.1095Jiefang Avenue, 430030, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

    Qi-Dong Xia, Jia Hu, Zheng Liu, Cong Li & Shao-Gang Wang

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Xia Qi-Dong: project development, data Collection, manuscript writing. Hu Jia: data management, manuscript writing. Liu Zheng: project development, manuscript revising. Li Cong: manuscript revising. Wang Shao-Gang: project administration, manuscript writing and revising.

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Xia, QD., Hu, J., Liu, Z. et al. Sex differences resulted differential morbidity and mortality in bladder cancer: smoke, hormone or urobiome?. World J Urol 40, 1245–1246 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-021-03775-6

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