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Is prediagnosis PSA velocity predictive of the risk of death from prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy?

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boxed-textD'Amico AV et al. (2004) Preoperative PSA velocity and the risk of death from prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. New Engl J Med 351: 125–135

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