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Can radical prostatectomy prevent and improve lower urinary tract symptoms?

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Slova D and Lepor H (2007) The short-term and long-term effects of radical prostatectomy on lower urinary tract symptoms. J Urol 178: 2397–2400

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  1. E Johansson and A Bill-Axelson are Senior Physicians in the Urology Department, Institution of Surgical Science, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.,

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  2. G Steineck is a Professor at the Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.,

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Johansson, E., Steineck, G. & Bill-Axelson, A. Can radical prostatectomy prevent and improve lower urinary tract symptoms?. Nat Rev Urol 5, 304–305 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro1113

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