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Prognostic indicators for disease progression following radical prostatectomy

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boxed-textHofer MD et al. (2006) Prognostic factors in lymph node-positive prostate cancer. Urology 67: 1016–1021

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The synopsis was written by Carol Lovegrove, Freelance Medical Writer. The authors receive support from the NIH Spore grant # CA58204.

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    Kai H Hammerich, Kevin M Slawin & Thomas M Wheeler

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Hammerich, K., Slawin, K. & Wheeler, T. Prognostic indicators for disease progression following radical prostatectomy. Nat Rev Urol 3, 638–639 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0653

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