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Care beyond prostate cancer—improving patient outcomes

Nature Reviews Urology volume 11, pages 669–671 (2014)Cite this article

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Evaluation of patient outcomes does not encompass all survivorship issues after prostate cancer treatment. Addressing the effect that these issues have on men's lives remains a great challenge; therefore, the American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care Guidelines are a welcome addition to the medical literature.

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Frydenberg, M. Care beyond prostate cancer—improving patient outcomes. Nat Rev Urol 11, 669–671 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2014.261

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