Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 92-96 , January 2009

Post-radical prostatectomy management options for positive surgical margins: Argument for observation

  • Judd W. Moul, M.D.

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PII: S1078-1439(08)00085-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.04.011

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 92-96 , January 2009

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