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A nomogram for predicting 10-year life expectancy in men with prostate cancer after definitive therapy

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boxed-textWalz J et al. (2007) A nomogram predicting 10-year life expectancy in candidates for radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 25: 3576–3581

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