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Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting for early prostate cancer: finally, an answer

Nature Clinical Practice Urology volume 2, pages 412–413 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textBill-Axelson A et al. (2005) Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in early prostate cancer. N Engl Med J 352: 1977–1984

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