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What are the survival outcomes for prostate cancer in a population-based cohort of unscreened men?

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boxed-textAus G et al. (2005) Survival in prostate carcinoma—outcomes from a prospective, population-based cohort of 8887 men with up to 15 years of follow-up. Cancer 103: 943–951

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