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Medicines bacillus calmette-guerinQuestion & answer

bacillus calmette-guerin · Medicine question

Is bladder-cancer BCG the same as the BCG tuberculosis vaccine?

iatroX medicinesPublished 19 August 2026Reviewed 19 August 2026

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Answer

It uses related live, weakened organisms, but intravesical products are formulated for bladder cancer and must not be used as TB vaccines.

Sources for this answer

OncoTICEemc · SmPC Current selected SmPC · Version 16
BCG-medac Powder and solvent for intravesical suspensionemc · SmPC Current selected SmPC · Version 5

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