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Can a restaging transurethral resection predict early progression in patients with superficial bladder cancer?

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boxed-textHerr HW and Donat SM (2006) A re-staging transurethral resection predicts early progression of superficial bladder cancer. BJU Int 97: 1194–1198

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  1. Urologischen Universitätsklinik, Abteilung für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Prittwitzstrasse 43, 89075 Ulm, Germany richard.hautmann@uniklinik-ulm.de

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