Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 246-250 , May 2009

2008 Whitmore Lecture: Radical prostatectomy—where we were and where we are going

  • Patrick C. Walsh, M.D.

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PII: S1078-1439(08)00179-8

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.07.022

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 246-250 , May 2009

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