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Is histologic necrosis in the primary tumor of patients with renal-cell carcinoma a predictor for survival?

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boxed-textLam JS et al. (2005) Clinicopathologic and molecular correlations of necrosis in the primary tumor of patients with renal cell carcinoma. Cancer 103: 2517–2525

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  3. Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

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