‘Insignificant’ prostate cancer on prostatectomy and cystoprostatectomy: variation on a theme ‘low-volume/ low-grade’ prostate cancer?
✍ Scribed by Kiril Trpkov; Asli Yilmaz; Tarek A. Bismar; Rodolfo Montironi
- Book ID
- 110923024
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 404 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-4096
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