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Are bladder cancer patients with pT0 disease following radical cystectomy cured of cancer?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology volume 3, pages 530–531 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textPalapattu GS et al. (2006) Cancer specific outcomes in patients with pT0 disease following radical cystectomy. J Urol 175: 1645–1649

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