Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 87-88 , January 2009

Post–radical prostatectomy management options for the positive surgical margin: Argument for adjuvant radiotherapy

  • Joseph L. Chin, M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

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PII: S1078-1439(08)00079-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.04.005

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 87-88 , January 2009

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