Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 233-235 , May 2009

The urologic oncologist, robotic, and open radical prostatectomy: The need to look through the hype and propaganda and serve our patients

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PII: S1078-1439(08)00383-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.12.013

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 233-235 , May 2009

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