Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 337-338 , July 2008

Biopsy of the small renal mass: Time to shift the clinical paradigm?

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.03.001

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 337-338 , July 2008

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