Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 628-632 , November 2009

Surgical considerations for elderly urologic oncology patients

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.07.018

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 628-632 , November 2009

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