Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 195-196 , March 2010

Positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy: Do they really matter?

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.07.021

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 195-196 , March 2010

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